Grammy-winning opera singer Cecilia Bartoli is regarded as one of the finest
mezzo-sopranos of her generation, known for her coloratura style and for taking
more creative risks than most of her contemporaries. Both of Bartoli's parents
were professional singers who performed in the Rome Opera Chorus and began
giving her music lessons when she was 13, filling their home with recordings of
Mozart, Beethoven and Vivaldi. After studying at the Conservatorio di Santa
Cecilia, she was part of a television talent show featuring Leo Nucci called
'Fantastico' when she was 19, and was sign...