Cecilia Bartoli in Händel's Semele

[oliviasmulyan]

ceicei please come to the united states! i really miss your singing and i miss you! <3

[mariethglo]

ceci idola totalllllllllllllllllll

[ramron333]

is this someone in drag

[anagothicfuck]

la adoro! Genia

[LohengrinT]

Juno is holding a Disco Stick :p

[ateoperdido]

Logo dos 57'' non é ela carallo!

[operateresa]

No that is not Cecilia from 00.57 onwards

[YingYingChang]

I'd like to point out that from 0:57 the singer seems not Bartoli. She was not that tall, not that slim, not the look, not that kind of voice and the presentation on stage was just not like her. Can people who post it make sure about this? Thank you.

[chopin8585]

infact! she doesn't seem my cecilia...:(

[LaBelleDanse]

@YingYingChang - From 0:57 onwards that is not meant to be Semele - it is JUNO dressed as Queen Elizabeth II. Therefore it isn't Bartoli.

[bintheretutu]

I saw this production in London. I distinctly remember that Semele stood in the light on the carpet throughout: presumably the diva refused.

[rkauffmd]

Oh! CecIlia! Marry me!!!!

[hillevifan]

no she mine!!

[carrotjuse]

I am sorry. She has pledged her love to me.

[irenicflutist]

horrible

[Donnaelvira1919]

I have seen this production live in Zurich last year. Bartoli's performance was absolutely marvellous, she was also a great actress. There is a very big difference between her live performance and this video. Fortunately, on stage, her voice didn't sound as "tense" as on this video. This is one of the mysteries of her voice: why is it so difficult to record it?

[cheesemongerinF]

OMG!!  I have never been so joyously seduced as by this 1 minute trip. She is soooo hot! And she sing well too.

[dgviktor]

Pianofolle, you are absolutely right! This is not singing, this is baaing, regarding the "acting" i presume somebody forgot her medicaments...

[Nexttothem]

Technical amazing, but her voice is without sonority. Too bad!

[illicia77]

she is my favorite opera singer

[dynamicstuff73]

i can't hear her!

[almadeviola]

¿quizá seas sordo para las voces estupendas?

[dynamicstuff73]

what ever...

[ABSTRARECORDS]

si que es grandiosa!!!

[zieckzack]

I LOVE BARTOLI!!!!!!!!!!!

[Northside777]

Cecilia Bartoli is masterful in Baroque opera style yet she also sings Rossini splendidly.

[BravaToscaBrava]

I love Cecilia Bartoli

[pablosmithharris]

Eres maravillosa.

Pablo. Te amo Cecilia.

[murphysartinbaker]

Is there any way I can purchase a legal copy of this, or it is not released? I've been looking for a taping of Semele but have had no luck.

[toccaalei]

Same here. ='(

[misqellil]

Toujours aussi belle...

[mariavelasco]

Wer ist die andere Mezzo?

Danke

[vitellia]

It's the same Carsen production from Aix more than a decade ago! Kinda surprising that a new production wasn't mounted for La Bartoli. She looks delicious and sounds awesome! Her English diction is great, at least judging from the few lines here. Who would've thought we'd see her singing in English?

[macmusikpro]

Thats Opera - They focus more in singing n arias than acting. They have to be brilliant in singing while Broadway have to do more in acing than singing. Not saying that they are not good singers but it just not the same league with opera.

[Audiolink]

Oh dear... I've always liked Bartoli's voice but it's clear to me now that the lady can't act.

[kingjordana]

the baroqe works is always tuff. long arias with three lines of text repeated fifty times and lots of runs. You should take a look at her Sussana with Bryn terfel.

[Audiolink]

that's a feeble excuse ("baroque music is tought to act"). Rosomary Joshua sung exaclty the same part in the same production back in London and she did it beautifully. Bartoli is just overacting like a manic clown....

[kingjordana]

It is a feeble excuse...I agree...but it tends to be the way it is done.

[Weillfanatic]

I don't think it's to do with the era of the music. She doesn't act as well as a soprano as she does as a mezzo. The mezzo roles are her roles. That simple.

[civileso]

What has one thing got to do with the other? How does singing high tessitura affect one's ability to act? Never heard that one before.. You can either act or you can't..

[Weillfanatic]

No, you're right, it's not about the tessitura. It's about how the mezzo parts are written. The mezzo or seconda donna roles are recognised as those with the most character, and that is what Bartoli excels at and can bring to an opera - she has great comic timing, a sharp wit, and her performances have a distinct bite; all qualities associated with mezzo heroines (Rosina, Isabella, etc. etc.)Therefore, the mezzo roles display her natural gifts in the most dazzling way.

[civileso]

I think I know what you mean.. It is like the difference between a blonde and a brunette:))

[andreasscholl]

This is great!!!!

Is she turning into a soprano????

And...she sing English???

Amazing!!!!

Who is the singer with the crown, Birgit Remmert?

Please add more???

[FloriaTosca85]

She's not turning into soprano, her range allows her soprano roles from what I know but she's a mezzo to the bone!

[Gudrun74]

Yes andreasscholl, it's Birgit Remmert as Juno.