Cecilia Bartoli Quotes

Music is a way to dream together and go to another dimension.

Arizona is gorgeous. The sunshine in Arizona is gorgeous red.

I am a person of the 18th century.

We consider Monteverdi the first composer of opera. There was someone before, but everything started with Monteverdi.

So I like to make music, and I like to share music. This is also a gift.

It’s such a joy to work with different ensembles and create a collaboration. Rehearsing and building a performance is very interesting for me.

I would still love to do more Handel. I think Handel was a fantastic composer. I did lots of Vivaldi, but it’s also important to do the music of Handel, one of the greatest composers of the 18th century.

I think, first of all, you need to love what you’re doing, and then this helps in the comedian for its part in everything – but the moment you enjoy what you’re doing, you try to express yourself, to find your way, and every time is different, of course.

People realize that Salieri is not the man we saw in the Amadeus movie. That man had no talent. It was a great movie, but the Salieri character was a big fiction.

Actually, I feel music becoming more and more important. It’s a big source of inspiration. With what’s going on in the world, we feel almost desperate. Music also brings you peace.

When you are accompanied by the instrument – on an instrument like the lute-the lute and voice – you have this sound, and you feel how the music can be so touching and yet so simple.

So you see, movies are really another dimension.