Cecilia Bartoli - A Portrait
by David Thomas, Les Young
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Actor: Cecilia BartoliDirector: David Thomas, Les Young
Brand: UNIVERSAL MUSIC VIDEO DIST.
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: German (Subtitles For The Hearing Impaired); Chinese (Subtitles For The Hearing Impaired); Spanish (Subtitles For The Hearing Impaired); French (Subtitles For The Hearing Impaired); Italian (Subtitles For The Hearing Impaired); English (Subtitles For The Hearing Impaired); English (Unknown); Chinese (Subtitled); English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); German (Subtitled); Italian (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); Italian (Original Language)
Format: AC-3, Classical, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 107 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-04-13
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Model: 11419-3
Studio: Decca
Product features:
- 1 Recording at La Fenice [A Portrait of Cecilia Bartoli (Documentary)] 2 Cecilia's Early Years [A Portrait of Cecilia Bartoli (Documentary)] 3 The Rossini Tradition [A Portrait of Cecilia Bartoli (Documentary)] 4 The Performance of Mozart [A Portrait of Cecilia Bartoli (Documentary)] 5 A Singing Lesson [A Portrait of Cecilia Bartoli (Documentary)] 6 Looking to the Future [A Portra
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Movie Review: Cecilia Bartoli-A Portrait
Summary: 5 Stars
In this 1991 video Cecilia is still in her 20's and sharing with us a life that brought her to vocal maturity under the guidance of her dedicated mother, a singer with the Rome opera in her youth. For so many qualities to converge in one person, in such unique circumstances, under such judicious guidance, in the country of the birth of opera is four times more rare than Haley's Comet. The video begins with a recording session in Venice's historic La Fenice, with a Rossini aria from Semiramide. Cecilia then walks and drives us through her favorite countryside and seaside haunts claiming that she is "una zingara nobile" a noble gypsy, claiming the world as her home. (Although her parents are divorced she does, in fact, have a connection with her operatic father, a brother--now deceased--sister, and a very stable family system in Rome.) The DVD also contains an example of a singing lesson with her mother, a brief interview with her mother in which Mrs. Bartoli declares that her her hope for her daughter is to "continue that which I had to interrupt and to bring to full potential this great gift." At the end we have a recital with pianist Gyorgy Fischer at London's Savoy Hotel with Cecilia singing Italian art songs, Rossini, and Vivaldi. Her exquisite vocal line, profound and impeccable range of expression, physical stature, vivacious connection with her public, and elegant presence show a gift to the world that is at the threshold of an unimaginable career.
In the 18 years since the release of this video Cecilia Bartoli has proven herself to be the greatest singer to come along in 250 years. Her extensive vocal range and unparalleled vocal flexibility have compelled her to seek out works of vocal prowess that have not been executed since the time of the Italian castrati--castrated Italian males whose breath capacity and vocal agility inspired Vivaldi (in particular) to write some of his most spectacularly graceful, sensitive, and ornate vocal calisthenics.
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