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Cecilia Bartoli

Cecilia Bartoli

Actor · Born 1966-06-04 · Rome, Lazio, Italy

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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

  1. Great Performances (1971) — Angelina
  2. Wetten, dass..? (1981) — Self
  3. Vivement dimanche (1998) — Self
  4. DAS! (1991) — Self
  5. 3 nach 9 (1974) — Self
  6. Kulturzeit (1995) — self
  7. Rossini: La Cenerentola (2001) — Angelina (Cenerentola)
  8. Mozart: Don Giovanni (Zurich Opera House) (2001) — Donna Elvira
  9. Viva Vivaldi (2000) — Self - Mezzo-soprano
  10. Cecilia & Bryn at Glyndebourne (1999) — Self - Mezzo-Soprano
  11. Rossini: Il turco in Italia (Opernhaus Zurich) (2002) — Donna Fiorilla
  12. Mozart: Così Fan Tutte (Zurich Opera House) (2000) — Fiordiligio
  13. Mozart - Cecilia Bartoli, Nikolaus Harnoncourt (2003) — Self
  14. Il Barbiere di Siviglia (1988) — Rosina
  15. Cecilia Bartoli & Friends (2019) — self
  16. Bartoli in Italy (1998) — Self - Mezzo-soprano
  17. Le comte Ory (2013) — Contesse Adèle
  18. Così fan tutte (1996) — Despina
  19. Cecilia Bartoli Sings Haydn (2001) — Self - Mezzo-Soprano
  20. Semele (2007) — Semele
  21. The Blu-ray Experience: Opera & Ballet (2008) — Papagena, Die Zauberflöte, Mozart
  22. Bambi (1948) — Self
  23. Menschen der Woche (2000) — Self
  24. Kulturplatz (2004) — Self
  25. Ariodante (2017) — Ariodante
  26. La Cenerentola (1997) — Angelina
  27. Mission (2012) — Self
  28. Mission (2013) — Mezzo-soprano
  29. Paisiello Nina (2002) — Nina
  30. Le Nozze di Figaro (1998) — Susanna
  31. Rossini Otello (2014) — Desdemona
  32. Mozart Requiem (1991) — Self
  33. Rossini: L'Italiana in Algeri (2018) — Isabella
  34. Cecilia Bartoli: The Barcelona Concert (2008) — Self
  35. Handel's Ariodante (2017) — Ariodante
  36. Hotel Metamorphosis @ Festival of Salzburg 2025 (2025) — Eurydice / Arachne
  37. NBC's Milan Cortina Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony (2026) — Self
  38. Le monde est à vous (1987) — Self
  39. V.I.P. (2000) — Self
  40. Aeschbacher (2001) — Self