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  • I'm not talking about the camera jerking around; I'm saying that Cecilia is, like a puppet, because the recording has been doctored in order to make her trills appear faster than they are.

  • @billinrio Not true. IVe heard her live twice and she has the best trills from any singer at the moment. She comes second after Sutherland IMO. People can say what they want about Cecilia, but (unlike most singers) she has real trills.

  • holy shit

  • This clip wasn't "doctored." I was there for this performance and it was a true tour de force! An amazing evening of stunning singing! :-)

  • Jerky singing and very stagey jumping around to the music.  I don't buy it.

  • I seriously just came about five times.

  • yuch!

  • She does not keep her breath during the coloratura! Too bad!

  • for those of you that want to know...this isnt a scarlatti piece...this is an aria from Handel's La Ressurezione (i probably destroyed the spelling on that...but now ya know!)

  • As always, the splendid Bartoli makes it as much fun for her orchestra as she does for her audience. A good lesson for all would be to watch and listen to her orchestras as much as to her incredible voice. Such pure joy.

  • OH MY GOSH! amazing

  • She looks so happy too!

  • I remember the concert, I was there and she was MAGNIFICENT!!!

  • Absoluut bravo!!!!!

  • VULGAR cheap stage presence, as always, just like a manic little girl. I much prefer her slow, soft plangent pieces, but in these bravura arias she is showing off, in love with her own voice. Does she have a trill? It always sounds more like a yodel! All this bumping, nodding at the orchestra etc shows what an immature singer she still is, after so many years of concerts (NOT stage roles, she only does 1-2 a year) and in her mid-40s now. Yes, a good voice, but not a serious, grown artist. VULGAR

  • @philipc67 thats what makes her an amazing artist! So many people love her because she feels the music. Its really fun to watch. And if I would have a voice like that, I would be in love with it too! I would show off too. Its such an amazing instrument. I understand youre opinion about her trill. First I didn't like them, but now I think they are one of the best. Many other singers have trills that sound like normal vibrato. When Cecilia's does a trill it really sounds different then vibrato.

  • @spenzur i think her trills are the best!

  • @oliviasmulyan Yeahhh :P I really like the trills from Joan Sutherland, they are very good too. I dont think I can choose between Bartoli and Sutherland trills. They are very different but both amazing!

  • @spenzur cecilias trills are bigger than sutherlands. lets put it that way

  • @philipc67 I guess that's why they call it Opera Proibito

  • ridiculously amazing.. those 16th note runs or whatever value they are sound absolutley amazing. talk about control

  • The text says: "unlock yourself, ye doors of hell"... Now we can see what's up beyond those doors! Thanks, Cecilia!

  • mamma che cesso ma come non si vergogna a cantare cosi male e poi senza direttore e'ancora peggio perche'tutto e'al caso e trascurato musicalmente l orchestra e'allo sbando perche'non c e direzione non c e comando e colui che da tutti gli impulsi dalla partitura manca colui che dirige che esegue la musica dal podio..questa donna e'molto presuntuosa e da un pessimo esempio

  • orrendo

  • No, its not at all "conspiratorial". Bartoli jerks about like a puppet even when the camera is steady. Check out those hand movements. The thing is, its is quite easy, and often fun, to modify speed without changing pitch or to modify pitch without changing speed. All kinds of shareware and freeware - such as Audacity and Vox (for the Mac) are available for this purpose. But when video is involved at the same time, then you get exactly what we see here.

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  • This recording has been electronically "doctored" in order to speed up the aria. Note how "jerky" the video is. Bartoli has a naturally spectacular voice and doesn't need such "assistance" from would-be fans.

  • @billinrio ... An interesting theory, I suppose, but way too conspiratorial. The "jerky" quality is due not to "doctoring" but by zooming to the max on a little Sony Cybershot and bracing myself to hold the shot still (you'll note it settles down a few seconds in). So Cecilia's naturally spectacular voice is, indeed, natural in this video. I'd only note that it's the encore; she's reprising an aria performed earlier in the program and turning up the fireworks a bit as a crowd pleaser. ;-)

  • @leopoldbloom

    i have a question. I thought her voice is pretty small compared with the Golden Age singers. Last time I can barely hear very clearly from the last row of the opera house.

  • @Doooku they are all small voiced compared to old school singers.

  • @leopoldbloom and plus even if u did doctor it there is no way you could do that without making everything on stage look jumpy too, in order to do that you have to cut little bits off and then even her accoponiment would seem jumpy, and thye would look jerky. so yea she is naturally a fantastic singer

  • @billinrio I would like to see you hold the camera still when zoomed in all the way!

  • Amazing! What is the name of this aria?

  • @spenzur the name of this aria is Disseratevi, oh porte dAverno from the oratorio La rezurezione of haendel

  • @ligth95 Thank you very much!

  • @ligth95 Thank you.

  • браво

  • essa mulher é o serrote da minha vida...karaca... os stacattos perfectos

  • what aria sing she in this video??????????

    que aria canta en este video???????

  • She is simply the best at what she does.

  • W.O.W

  • :58 lolol

  • I just love how people criticize her so much....I'd like to hear you sing that piece with as much control and precision as she did. Trust me, it's not easy.

  • HAHAHAHAHA..... She always so wonderful.... and I love the way she is.... she always have fun, and the faces she makes...and of course her voice..... I LOVE HER!!

  • HA! thats fun!

  • I'm afraid hyena is right -have you heard Annick Massis doing this with Minkowski? You hear every note

  • A WHALING BANSHEE

  • That banshee earns around $20,000 to $25,000 (if not more) per hour. Kind regards,

  • waste of money

  • lol... i like the laconic humour. Have a cool day :).

  • she is not a banshee!

  • Of ocurse she is not!

  • She hunts whales? Or she wails like a banshee?

  • OOO MY GOD!!! now thats not easy!!!! WOOOWW

    made me drop my jaw!

  • YOU ARE DEFINTIELY RIGHT. sHE THINKS THAT MAKING ANY SINGLE CROMA WILL MAKE HER MORE POPULAR AND PREMINENT. THAT'S NOT TRUE ACTUALLY.

  • hyena

  • eradesso, can you please give me a sound recording from the baroque period so i can stop being so ignorant and foolish?

  • i love the fact that she likes to have fun on stage!

  • At 0:45 it seems that Cecilia said "¡Mira. muchacho!" ("Hey, boy!" or "Hey, bud!" in Spanish.

  • Passionate hatred can give meaning and purpose to an empty life.

  • I am totally "converted" by Cecilia. I used to be a lover of Birgit Nilsson, Leontyne Price, ect.,

    Now I know there is another form of art that is at least as briliant as the one I loved before.

    Cecilia, thanks for the education and enlightment.

  • amazing.

    never seen any like that.

  • Manrico60, j'ai fait vous extraire et je garderai l'interception de vos commentaires. Donc je suggérerais que vous partez et vous trouvez quelque chose pour mieux faire. Je n'arrêterai pas jusqu' à votre allé.

  • You just don't like her...

    Don't try to convince everyone, like you're right. No one is....We're talking about art, aren't we?

    There's no discussion on tastes!!!

  • That's your opinion... I think that to do all the things she does with her voice, she must to have some kind of technique... Not all in opera is "bel canto", and that's good.

  • On that I don't agree you... Just different points of view, and I don't pretend to change your mind...

  • To who? whos point is that? She must be doing somthing right, I think shes wonderful, But I dont cut her pay checks and my opinion really dosent matter. I mean shes all over youtube everyone knows of her ,well i will say most people know her. There a alot of untalented people out there, but it is thier character that got them where they are. :)

  • lets hear it then: show us what she should be doing.....

  • BOOOOOOOO yu so stooooppiid...have yu heard her other stuff...this girl is the TRUTH...she is the BOMB!!!!! yur choice of crack is FUNNY!!!!!

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  • manrico60: I'll take a small voice singing well anyday over some of the overblowing hot air out there. Her talent and artistry are undeniable. Besides, she's there and doing it and we're talking about it...hmmmmm.

  • It is a question of taste,you like her I don't.

    The fact that she is"doing it "and we are "talking about her" does not mean that she cannot be criticized .on the contrary.

  • ok, ok...you like the fact you don't like her...you enjoy not being the bunch of people who like something or somebody. Ok. Now we all know it. You're wonderful, noone convinces you with his/her art.

    That makes you actually happy?

    I always comment after you because I've never seen a good comment from you...and i'm curious. It's not 'bout stalking, I want to know why, so much hatred, where it comes from...you've even insulted me directly!!

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  • Bien dicho Santi

  • I'm sitting here, with my mouth opening, still, in awe of Ms. Bartoli. She freaking kills me. She's a real virtuoso.

    Thank you, Leopaldbloom, for putting this up for writing such a wonderful review of the concert. Wow!!!

    PS- My mouth is still open!

  • Oh, and I love that she loves the music!

  • NOOT WORDS:||||||

    AMAZING

  • MERCIFUL MOTHER OF GOD AND SWEET JESUS! when the video opened up i fell back in my chair onto the floor. then i got up and just watched....dear lord this is amazing...what is the name of that first piece?

  • This is from La Resurrezione: Disserratevi, o porte d'Averno.

    I had the luck of hearing this one sung by her live a week ago in an all-Handel concert.

  • where did you hear her sing?

  • She gave three concerts in Budapest, all with different programs! I attended the one entitled Handel and Italy.

  • DAMN!!!

  • oh and she's only trilling a MINOR THIRD!!!! AMAZING!

  • I LOVE how she gets kicks out of the music. its refreshing to see!

  • O.O .... wow

  • Isso que eu chamo de coloratura... arrepiei

  • Grandiose!

  • wow this is aamzing!!

  • Trumpets played amazingly they really played on top of the beat. Great job Bravo!

  • Or the artist adapt to the "tempo" without conductor or look for some conductor.Cecilia fantastica but the "ensamble" is a disaster

  • I only disagree because I totally wish I could do this.

  • I love Cecilia!

    She is amazingly talented thanks for posting:)

  • un monstruo el que nos hace perder tiempo al publicar semejante video tan malo y pichurrio...!!

  • un genio monstruoso el que publicò semejante video tan pichurrio y malo. pilas...

  • un genio mostruoso!!!!! sono senza parole.... troppo brava!

  • so incredibly talented, i dont think people realize how much work it takes to be an opera singer

  • I think most things tend to be acquired taste. It's like listening to a really good drummer or watching a talented jujitsu fighter. You start with something simple that catches your eye/ear, either a great beat or a wicked rear naked choke. You then learn to appreciate its complexity. Finally, you like it enough that you start wondering how far artists/athletes can push their limits. It doesn't mean you will like everything, but you will be able to recognize & respect the level of difficulty.

  • Hmmm, I like both; I expect liking neither has something more to do with having acquired no taste at all.

  • I thought sort of the same thing. She seems extremely talented, but I just don't dig the song. However, I'm not a complete, ignorant fool. I love music and I have been to an opera, and although I appreciated it, I didn't really like it. I do not really care for this particular style, I suppose. I'll probably be eaten alive for this comment, but it does sound sort of like hiccups and i dont pretend to like liver. It's all a matter of taste. You don't have to like anything.

  • Bravissima Cecilia. Sempre brava !!! Marite

  • This is breathtaking.

  • I wish her voice sounded this resplendent in her recordings.

  • bravissssssima¡¡¡¡¡¡

  • That's AMAZING. Crap. That woman is a beast..

  • what an farking INCREDIBLE sining!!!

    She will surpass Maria Callas in the future if she continues to bring something deep and new.

  • Watched an heard her tonight, at Braunschweig / Germany, she was amazing ! First a blue eve-dress with silver and second a strawberrycoloured eve-dress with gold, singing (and nearly dancing) a couple of different italian and french songs very passionated, at least she gave 5 encores, the viewers gave her standing ovations and she seems to be very happy !

  • What a personality! And WHAT a VOICE!!

  • Go girl! It is nice to see you having so much fun singing this! Makes me smile simply because you are so darn good! And... it is obvious that you are having the time of your life!

  • lol this makes me go wow

  • She is so badass she can can rock a ponytail and a formal dress. She can do what she wants.

  • lmfao!!!!!!

    heck yes.

  • its like she's leading an ARMY!

  • she would win the battle, my dear altodivo !

  • she's enthusiastic!

  • Se mueve mucho el video. No es lo mejor. It is not the best video

  • I love this, I think she is the biggest cutie in her perfromance. She is so lively and willing to not take the role of the ultra "diva" and just have a great time on stage. That hall is amazing! I perfromed in it with maestro Keith lockhart. Phenominal!

  • omg that's amazing!

  • es impresionante

  • she's singing 'disserratevi, o porte d'averno' - the first aria from handel's 'resurrezione'

  • I have the CD, Opera Proibita - it is just wonderful. For anyone who is a fan I highly recommend it, very beautiful to listen to.

  • Oh Cecilia, yours is not the voice of an angel but the voice of a fiery passionate woman! I love you ...

  • do you know what is she singing?

  • ella esta cantando "diserratevi, o porte dáverno" del cd opera proibita

  • love her hate the pony tail! CeCe please stop wearing that pony tail!!!

  • Cecilia Bartoli doesn't have the best voice in the opera world today. There are bigger ranges, there are people with more agility.. but this doesn't matter! Cecilia Bartoli not only performs many different periods/styles of classical music, but she does it with such energy, such absolute joy, that there is no way to dislike her. Absolutely wonderful performance. BRAVA!

  • I have my second thoughts about some of the things she does but how can I resist the joy she transmits and the fun she has at it...!? She makes me smile.

    By the way, other self+management proclaimed "superstars" have been ill-advised to try this exuberant delivery of hers in their appearances but they make a fool of themselves. Somehow she doesn't(!!)

  • simplemete es una diva de divas que deja y dejara huellas en muchas generaciones lo fabuloso es que cuando seamos historia las otras generaciones podran contar con su virtuosa voz.

  • SN. DenizYal

    Sen fazla konuşuyor gibisin. He yerde sizin gibi filozoflar çok bilmişler olacak illa. SEvmediğimi sana kim söyledi. Ben komik buldum ve de komik buluyorum. Girer dinlermim yorumumu da yaparım. Elerştirdim diye dinlemeyecek miyim böyle bir kural mı var? Demonratik olmanın gereğidir ve çağdaş bir fikre sahip olmanın gereğidir, eleşriyiye katlanmak. Çağdaşlık sadece müzikle olmaz. Asıl siz kusura bakmayın

  • She is simply amazing. I am wondering how is this possible? Just the best Voice ever in my Opinion - even better than Callas.

  • amazing!!!!!!!!

  • Allah aşkına bu ne böyle, gülmekten öldüm yahu...

  • Eger bu tip müzik hosuna gitmityorsa burada isin yok diye düsünüyorum Dostum - kusura bakma.

    Masal gibi sesi var..inanilmaz. Tek kelime ile harika. Bu tür okuyabilmekr ne kadar zor haberin varmi?

  • I have GOT to get my hands on THAT dress!!!!

    MOG

  • o. k., I think it`s allowed, try it than - r u not interested in the music ? May be u r wrong here...

  • lol the chairs are so crappy and she's all famous and suff.

  • I love Ceci but...lol

  • Increible*-* Gracias *-*

    ANA*-*

  • parece facil, pero porque lo hace muy bien. lo que no se es porque todas las cantantes liricas se ponen trajes tan horteros

  • increible!!!!

  • Fantástica ... notável

  • She does a lovely job, but if I had to sing this, I think I might shoot myself in the eye. . . I commend her vocal chords and bow humbly to their talent and power . . . wow.

  • Extasis, extasis, extasis... endless joy to my soul. God bless his voice, and all composers that makes our lives better for live.

  • What a poerdemostration

  • She is so engaged, she is really a "DEA CANTA" or "DEA MUSICA" at all, love this part very much, should ty to marry her ! 5 stars, of course ! rob

  • Enjoy this every day....

  • It's entirely possibly to respect something but dislike it :| Personally, this woman sounds like a hyperactive chimp to me. But, people tell me she's good, so I'll at least have to give her credit.

    That's how I see it :3

  • I was there!

  • ,,,so you must have been in heaven....

  • ...so you must have been in heaven....

    I replied on Gonec....

  • Yeah... I remember many exquisite soft notes... in some arias... I won't forget that ever...

  • Can anyone tell me what aria this is?

  • La Resurrezione, oratorio, HWV 47 Aria dell'Angelo, "Disserratevi, o porte d'Averno" by Handel.

  • WHAT R U SAYING?!?!?!?!

  • This is like, the shiznit. She better GET IT. Damn.

  • Has this been released commercially on DVD? I want to have it.

  • Last fryday was the concert here in Stockholm, I was there and es SO MUCH BETTER than in the records!!!! is impresive her voice, she is charming and captures all the adience!!!!

    At the end of the concert I was with some people waiting for her maybe to get an autofraph, well we get MORE!!! she was there talking with us like all time friends, she is so humble... Was a great night!!!!!

  • were any of these concerts recorded to purchase?

  • Also, after the concert, she signed autographs for over two hours--past midnight. I got a chance to meet her briefly. She is actually quite good-looking; looks much much better in person than in any of her videos. She was very friendly and warm.

  • I had the great fortune of attending Bartoli's OPERA PROIBITA concert on Oct. 10, 2005 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles, California. She appeared with the Orchestra La Scintilla of Zurich Opera. Bartoli's talent is TRULY AMAZING to say the least.

  • do you have any footage of the girl that won the boston pops search 04

  • Does she really exist?

  • She is singing, she is enjoying, she is a "unhuman phenomena" as dannymaestro wrote before !

  • Diva! Diva!!!

  • I love her and the music is not too fast; it is HER interpretation of it, which she is entitled to give.

  • waw.. wat happened to tha woman with the green??

  • Scandalous footage! Bring us more! I miss the orcehstra very much!!!!

  • Much too fast, it has nothing to do with Mr. Handels wonderful music, it is all about her. Big deal, she can sing fast (sort of) her sound is ugly and poorly produced and her stage manner is tacky

  • who is your favorite singer anyways? madonna? for crying outloud dude!!! name one who can sing even close to what this diva does everyday....no offense