You must feel what you're singing, not just have a good presentation of the language. Cecilia Bartoli More Quotes by Cecilia Bartoli More Quotes From Cecilia Bartoli We consider Monteverdi the first composer of opera. There was someone before, but everything started with Monteverdi. Cecilia Bartoli composeroperafirsts Music is a way to dream together and go to another dimension. Cecilia Bartoli togetherdreamway The voice is an instrument that you really must take time to develop. It's like a good red wine Give it time. Cecilia Bartoli voicewinegiving The voice is certainly important and you can hear if it's beautiful or not, it's the gods who decide; it's more a question of what you do with the voice, which is the mysterious element. It's the personality behind the voice which makes the artist. The voice is a gift of God, but if you're not able to use this gift, what's left? Nothing but a beautiful voice, without nuance or color. Cecilia Bartoli voiceartistbeautiful The goal is always to make a nice tableau painting with the voice. The more color I can find, the more shadow I can find - the goal is always to make more nuance and colors. Cecilia Bartoli voicenicecolor The joy is actually in the music. It's the music that supports you and tells you what to do. It tells you how to fill the music. You don't have to be shy about feeling the music when you're singing. If you believe in music-the power of music-the music will support you and take you to another dimension. Cecilia Bartoli support-youmusicbelieve The voice will guide you-will tell you what to do. In order to do that, you must be quite sensitive with the instrument and accept this daily conversation with your voice. Cecilia Bartoli voicetalkingorder I still love to walk in the mountains or be on the sea. I like to be in nature. Sometimes I bicycle. It's important to feel good with your body. The body is extremely important. If you feel good, you have more energy in your singing. Cecilia Bartoli singingfeel-goodsea I think the music of Mozart is like a universe of human feelings, sentiments and fragility, and ... that's why it's so 'actual' in a way, so modern. Cecilia Bartoli fragilityfeelingsthinking I am a person of the 18th century. Cecilia Bartoli 18th-centurycenturypersons Salieri was a pupil of Gluck. He was born in Italy in 1750 and died in Vienna in 1825. He left Italy when he was 16 and spent most of his life in Vienna. He's the key composer between classic music and romantic music. Beethoven was the beginning of romantic music, and he was the teacher of Beethoven and Schubert. Cecilia Bartoli romantic-musickeysteacher You need to love what youre doing. Cecilia Bartoli needs So I like to make music, and I like to share music. This is also a gift. Cecilia Bartoli share When I had my first voice lesson I was 15 years old. And I had a really good teacher. This is what made all the difference. A good teacher will teach you the technique, but also how to listen to your voice. Cecilia Bartoli voiceteacheryears Arizona is gorgeous. The sunshine in Arizona is gorgeous red. Cecilia Bartoli arizonasunshinered The media can be a really strong vehicle. Cecilia Bartoli vehiclemediastrong I did a concert... in September with the Berlin Philharmonic... They're great musicians, and there's always something to learn from them. Cecilia Bartoli berlinseptembermusician The restaurants close here in Salzburg. They don't really have a nightlife in the winter time. Cecilia Bartoli restaurantsnightlifewinter It's not difficult to sing in German; it's difficult to feel in German. This takes time. It's a culture. Cecilia Bartoli take-timedifficultculture So you see, movies are really another dimension. Cecilia Bartoli dimensions
