Biography
Cecilia Bartoli OMRI (born 4 June 1966) is an Italian mezzo-soprano widely known in the music of Bellini, Handel, Mozart, Rossini and Vivaldi and for lesser-known music of the Baroque and Classical periods. She has also sung soprano and alto repertory. Bartoli is considered a singer with an unusual timbre. According to Nicholas Wroe in 2001, her voice was known for its "fully developed sumptuousness of the lower register, the vibrancy of the middle range...the top was limpid and powerful", and she was one of the most popular opera singers of recent years. Bartoli was born in Rome. Her parents, Silvana Bazzoni and Pietro Angelo Bartoli, were professional singers and gave her her first music lessons. She first performed publicly at age nine as the shepherd boy in Tosca. Bartoli later studied at the Conservatorio di Santa Cecilia in Rome. At the age of 19, she made her singing debut on the Italian television show Fantastico. She did not win the competition but was asked to sing with Paris Opera for an homage concert for Maria Callas. Bartoli made her professional opera debut in 1987 at the Arena di Verona. The following year she undertook the role of Rosina in Rossini's The Barber …
Movies & TV Shows
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Great Performances (1971) — Angelina
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Wetten, dass..? (1981) — Self
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Vivement dimanche (1998) — Self
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DAS! (1991) — Self
- 3 nach 9 (1974) — Self
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Kulturzeit (1995) — self
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Rossini: La Cenerentola (2001) — Angelina (Cenerentola)
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Mozart: Don Giovanni (Zurich Opera House) (2001) — Donna Elvira
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Viva Vivaldi (2000) — Self - Mezzo-soprano
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Cecilia & Bryn at Glyndebourne (1999) — Self - Mezzo-Soprano
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Rossini: Il turco in Italia (Opernhaus Zurich) (2002) — Donna Fiorilla
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Mozart: Così Fan Tutte (Zurich Opera House) (2000) — Fiordiligio
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Mozart - Cecilia Bartoli, Nikolaus Harnoncourt (2003) — Self
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Il Barbiere di Siviglia (1988) — Rosina
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Cecilia Bartoli & Friends (2019) — self
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Bartoli in Italy (1998) — Self - Mezzo-soprano
- Le comte Ory (2013) — Contesse Adèle
- Così fan tutte (1996) — Despina
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Cecilia Bartoli Sings Haydn (2001) — Self - Mezzo-Soprano
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Semele (2007) — Semele
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The Blu-ray Experience: Opera & Ballet (2008) — Papagena, Die Zauberflöte, Mozart
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Bambi (1948) — Self
- Menschen der Woche (2000) — Self
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Kulturplatz (2004) — Self
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Ariodante (2017) — Ariodante
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La Cenerentola (1997) — Angelina
- Mission (2012) — Self
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Mission (2013) — Mezzo-soprano
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Paisiello Nina (2002) — Nina
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Le Nozze di Figaro (1998) — Susanna
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Rossini Otello (2014) — Desdemona
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Mozart Requiem (1991) — Self
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Rossini: L'Italiana in Algeri (2018) — Isabella
- Cecilia Bartoli: The Barcelona Concert (2008) — Self
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Handel's Ariodante (2017) — Ariodante
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Hotel Metamorphosis @ Festival of Salzburg 2025 (2025) — Eurydice / Arachne
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NBC's Milan Cortina Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony (2026) — Self
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Le monde est à vous (1987) — Self
- V.I.P. (2000) — Self
- Aeschbacher (2001) — Self