BBC Radio: Cecilia Bartoli Interview

[thomastmwc]

she's lovely !!!!!!!!!!!!

[SsteinwayS]

@UncleTito72 Yes, it is! Funny enough, it sounds sort of British :P

[michaelgadsby]

Her voice is sweeter than a nut dipped in chocolate and laced with chilli seeds :)

[SsteinwayS]

@michaelgadsby WOW! She should read that...would really make her day! :P

[michaelgadsby]

@SsteinwayS

I really wish she would actually! :D That would make my day too. I find I can only resort to similes to describe such a rich sound. A butterfly made out of actual butter? A strawberry thundercloud? :D

[SsteinwayS]

@michaelgadsby I agree...it's a very unique sound, sweet yet spicy. :P

[oliviasmulyan]

@michaelgadsby yes!

[FunkTrunk5]

she would have been an AMAZING jazz singer

[SsteinwayS]

@FunkTrunk5 Haha are you kidding?? Maybe! Or a great flamenco dancer or trombone player...she's very multi-talented you know!

[oliviasmulyan]

@SsteinwayS yes she is!

[oliviasmulyan]

people who dont like my ceicei BOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[SsteinwayS]

@oliviasmulyan I agreeeeee

[bruccheri70]

is really beautiful...what a voice!!!

[SsteinwayS]

@bruccheri70 She's absolutely spectacular!!

[sam0xin]

I'm speechless .....this is NOT REAL !!!!!

[SsteinwayS]

@sam0xin The scary thing is that it IS REAL :O

[sam0xin]

@SsteinwayS Guessing...one of us alien from other world...& of course , if so... it'll be NOT ME ...:))) Thanks for this miracle...Happy New Year & Merry Christmas !!

[SsteinwayS]

@sam0xin Haha...exactly! But a friendly alien :) Who researches really good music! You're welcome! But this is a pretty old video actually! :P Same for you! Best of luck for 2011. :)

[sam0xin]

GOD BLESS CECILIA ! GENIUS WOMAN ! & Thanks God SHE is our contemporary... !

[SsteinwayS]

@sam0xin Yeah, her voice is impossible :O She's a machine! A machine with a voice!

[sam0xin]

Her throat is simply turned to some unknown FANTASTIC instrument... Unbelievable REALITY ! GOD BLESS CECILIA ! 0:19 . . . Oh someone disliked this ?!?! yeah EVERYTHING IS POSSIBLE !

[SsteinwayS]

@sam0xin Yeah, who would dislike this?? Weirdo...hehe :)

[SsteinwayS]

@sam0xin Amazing, amazing...can you believe she's still human?? :O

[sam0xin]

@SsteinwayS It's harder to believe that ...I'm listening THIS... level , of virtuosity & grace...thanks for video.

[SsteinwayS]

@sam0xin No problem!  I'm glad you enjoyed and appreciated it :)

[oliviasmulyan]

cecilia i love you!

[SsteinwayS]

@oliviasmulyan So do I!!! :)

[SsteinwayS]

@oliviasmulyan I love her more! :)

[oliviasmulyan]

@SsteinwayS i love her to death!

[SsteinwayS]

@oliviasmulyan I love her to beyond death! hehe :)

[oliviasmulyan]

@SsteinwayS yay!

[SsteinwayS]

@oliviasmulyan We're so creepy :P

[oliviasmulyan]

@SsteinwayS i love her like i love my mommy!

[SsteinwayS]

@oliviasmulyan hehe...I think I might love her more than my mommy! Though I have a great mommy...that's maybe a little too much :P

[oliviasmulyan]

@SsteinwayS i just wish that the next time i see her she will do the biggest trill on earth for me! :D :D :D

[SsteinwayS]

@oliviasmulyan Oh no....it would never end!!!

[oliviasmulyan]

@SsteinwayS yes yes yes! oh i do have endless amounts of hard core love for her.

[SsteinwayS]

@oliviasmulyan hehe me too :) But there are always haters! :( Stupid people!

[oliviasmulyan]

@SsteinwayS AMEN! 

[oliviasmulyan]

@SsteinwayS lol me too! my mom is great! but imagine ceicei being a mother! she would be a great mommy!

[SsteinwayS]

@oliviasmulyan Yes, she would! Remember when she said she wanted a family in the old interviews? Too bad she's too busy now :(

[oliviasmulyan]

@SsteinwayS she would make sure her kids practiced all day long! XD

[SsteinwayS]

@oliviasmulyan lol! They would have a family orchestra like Bach!

[oliviasmulyan]

@SsteinwayS <3<3 is how much i love her!

[SsteinwayS]

@oliviasmulyan <3 <3 <3 is how much I love her!!!

[nacazo]

the point is that these were not the prohibited the ones. prohibited ones never even got composed in the first place.

[SsteinwayS]

Well, yes, but I think she's getting at the fact that these *would have* been prohibited works as opera, but they weren't because they were oratorio - and they are so operatic in style, but it is for sure a misleading title. I think that perhaps it's suggesting more the era and not the music - a time were operatic works were prohibited.

[nacazo]

they were not prohibited by the Vatican, rather they were composed while the vatican prohibited opera. So it was like opera substitute. At least that's what i understand.

[SsteinwayS]

Yeah, you're right. They're not really "opera"...but, it's in the style of opera.

However, opera can also be the plural of opus, or "works"...so it could also refer to "prohibited works" that were quite operatic in character. So in a sense it's a pretty clever title, if perhaps misleading at first.

[raigekimaru]

I love how much energy she has.

[SsteinwayS]

Yes - she is such a vibrant person and it's astounding how energetically she sings, especially in this demanding Baroque repertoire. It's one of the reasons why she's such a magnetic star in the opera world!

[blackolds33]

She is so unbelievably lovely and down-to-earth sounding!  Love her infinity.

[SsteinwayS]

Yes, for sure! She's so real and un-diva-ish; she's definitely the right kind of person to be in the spotlight!

[ceciliafan1]

she rules!

[SsteinwayS]

Definitely!!

[ceciliafan1]

totally love her!

[SsteinwayS]

Ah, me too! She's amazing!!

[ceciliafan1]

her trills always get me

[SsteinwayS]

Me too....

[ceciliafan1]

im glad

[SsteinwayS]

If she wasn't singing, I don't what I would do! She's so unique and wonderful...

[Namami88]

mi lascia sempre col fiato mozzato !

una diva vera e propria!!!!

[vivacecilia]

Vai Ceci................

[cheesetots45]

I just love how she starts to duet with the woodwind instruments playing along. Gosh she so amazing.

[SsteinwayS]

Yeah, it's just splendid!

[snaej2]

Thank you so much for posting this - I missed the original broadcast. Cecilia is my salvation.

[SsteinwayS]

No problem! I agree - Cecilia Bartoli is quite an amazing singer.