Songs by Bizet, Delibes, Viardot, Berlioz and Ravel; Cecilia Bartoli, mezzo-soprano; Myung-Whun Chung, piano (London). Known for her Rossini and Mozart opera roles, the vocal phenomenon known as ...

To the delight of her many fans Cecilia Bartoli is back, with her dramatic personality and enchanting voice. She plays Countess Adèle in Rossini’s Comte Ory. In this edition of ‘Musica’. At Zurich’s ...

SALZBURG, Austria (AP) — Cecilia Bartoli has a favorite role she wished she could sing. “There is one character which I was always in love with since I started my Mozart career, and it’s Don Giovanni, ...

Following is a list of recommended Rossini recordings: ”Il Barbiere di Siviglia” (Leo Nucci, Cecilia Bartoli, William Matteuzzi; Giuseppe Patane, conductor; London). Rossini`s comic masterpiece truly ...

Anyone playing word association game with an opera buff should say Salzburg only to get the immediate response: Mozart. Indeed, in this Austrian city, where the great composer was born, everything is ...

Cecilia Bartoli gave a recital Tuesday night in Segerstrom Concert Hall that did what Cecilia Bartoli recitals always do: it charmed. One is always happy to be in this singer’s presence, and she ...

There's one thing Cecilia Bartoli has in common with her legions of adoring fans. She seems to have at least as good a time at one of her shows as they do -- and that's saying something. Sunday's ...

150 years ago, the Italian composer Gioachino Rossini died. In his honour, Salzburg's Whitsun Festival presented the opera buffa 'L'Italiana in Algeri' amongst other works of his era. It is 150 years ...

Opera luminary and media darling Cecilia Bartoli, who had never before sung any closer to Los Angeles than Pasadena (twice, at the lamented Ambassador Auditorium) brought down the house so many times ...