Cecilia Bartoli

The Profile

Italian mezzo-soprano acclaimed for Baroque and classical repertoire, noted for expressive interpretations of Handel, Mozart and Rossini.

Born 1966 in Rome; internationally celebrated mezzo-soprano with a career from the 1980s to the present.

The reviews praise Cecilia Bartoli's intensely emotive, transformative singing, particularly her performance of Handel's "Lascia ch'io pianga". Review language is vivid and cinematic, likening the effect to a spell. One review explicitly connects the aria to a memorable film scene (Lars Von Trier's Antichrist). Overall admiration for Bartoli's expressive power is clear.