Cecilia Bartoli: Maria
Copy at Case Memorial Library
Anthony Tommasini wrote in the New York Times: "Ms. Bartoli was back at Carnegie Hall on Tuesday night, and so were her adoring fans. Joining her again was the Orchestra La Scintilla of Zurich Opera, a subgroup of excellent period-instrument players from that company’s house orchestra. The program, '200 Years Maria Malibran,' was linked to another of Ms. Bartoli’s Decca recordings, 'Maria.' … The mezzo-soprano Maria Malibran, born to a well-known Spanish musical family in Paris, died at 28 in 1836. Yet in a career that lasted for just a decade she became one of the most admired and sensationally popular opera singers of all time, known especially for the roles she championed in operas by Rossini and Donizetti. … Ms. Bartoli joined the ensemble for an aria from [La Figlia dell'aria, an opera by Malibran's father, Manuel Garcia]. … [T]here were discoveries to savor, notably 'Infelice,' a scene and aria for voice, violin solo and orchestra that Mendelssohn wrote for Malibran and the violinist with whom she lived for years while still married to her first husband. An Italian bel canto aria by Mendelssohn!" (3/5/09).
Anthony Tommasini wrote in the New York Times: "Ms. Bartoli was back at Carnegie Hall on Tuesday night, and so were her adoring fans. Joining her again was the Orchestra La Scintilla of Zurich Opera, a subgroup of excellent period-instrument players from that company’s house orchestra. The program, '200 Years Maria Malibran,' was linked to another of Ms. Bartoli’s Decca recordings, 'Maria.' … The mezzo-soprano Maria Malibran, born to a well-known Spanish musical family in Paris, died at 28 in 1836. Yet in a career that lasted for just a decade she became one of the most admired and sensationally popular opera singers of all time, known especially for the roles she championed in operas by Rossini and Donizetti. … Ms. Bartoli joined the ensemble for an aria from [La Figlia dell'aria, an opera by Malibran's father, Manuel Garcia]. … [T]here were discoveries to savor, notably 'Infelice,' a scene and aria for voice, violin solo and orchestra that Mendelssohn wrote for Malibran and the violinist with whom she lived for years while still married to her first husband. An Italian bel canto aria by Mendelssohn!" (3/5/09).
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