Cecilia Bartoli: In her own words
From: David Schulman
Series: Musicians in their own words
Length: 04:11
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Cecilia Bartoli can skip through virtuosic passages with verve and agility. She can sing with a lament in her voice, or with a laugh, and when she burst onto the world stage 15 years ago she quickly earned a passionate following. Today, Bartoli is widely considered one of the world's great operatic voices. She is touring the US in February.
In this feature, Bartoli describes how approaching her voice as an instrument helps her as a singer. She talks about what she gained from her years of studying the trumpet. And she describes how she thinks of her voice in conversation with a violin when she sings a familiar melody from Vivaldi.
As in all the pieces in David Schulman's CPB-supported Musicians in their own words
series, the story is told through a mix of the performer's voice and music. There is no reporter's voice heard, allowing the feature to be seamlessly incorporated into station news, talk, or music programming.
Scripts for intro and outro are attached, and may be edited at will.
This piece debuted on PRX, and has aired on stations including KUSC, WAMU, and Colorado Public Radio.
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Cecilia Bartoli can skip through virtuosic passages with verve and agility. She can sing with a lament in her voice, or with a laugh, and when she burst onto the world stage 15 years ago she quickly earned a passionate following. Today, Bartoli is widely considered one of the world's great operatic voices. She is touring the US in February. In this feature, Bartoli describes how approaching her voice as an instrument helps her as a singer. She talks about what she gained from her years of studying the trumpet. And she describes how she thinks of her voice in conversation with a violin when she sings a familiar melody from Vivaldi. As in all the pieces in David Schulman's CPB-supported Musicians in their own words series, the story is told through a mix of the performer's voice and music. There is no reporter's voice heard, allowing the feature to be seamlessly incorporated into station news, talk, or music programming. Scripts for intro and outro are attached, and may be edited at will. This piece debuted on PRX, and has aired on stations including KUSC, WAMU, and Colorado Public Radio.
Broadcast History
PRX debut
Transcript
Keywords: Cecilia Bartoli, soprano, Mozart, Salieri, Vivaldi, Winter, The Four Seasons, trumpet, violin, Musicians in their own words, WUNC, David Schulman
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Timing and Cues
4:06 tape time
mix includes :20 music tail, which local host can talk over.
Estimated script time :45
Total duration including script: 4:30 to 4:50
TAPE IN: "My first passion was to become a flamenco dancer ..."
TAPE OUT: Ends with music. Last spoken words: "... you can get this
emotion from the music."
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Posted on January 27, 2004 at 12:15 PM | Permalink
Review of Cecilia Bartoli: in her own words
Lovely to break up the radio day with this extraordinary voice singing and sharing thoughts on her instrument. Could be aired any time, but happily Bartoli is touring the U. S. this February and the producers helpfully provide her tour schedule, so this piece is timely to air soon, up and down either coast and in the Midwest. sl