14 Facts About Cecilia Bartoli

Cecilia Bartoli first performed publicly at age nine as the shepherd boy in Tosca.

Cecilia Bartoli did not win the competition but was asked to sing with Paris Opera for an homage concert for Maria Callas.

Cecilia Bartoli made her professional opera debut in 1987 at the Arena di Verona.

In 1996, Cecilia Bartoli made her debut at the Metropolitan Opera as Despina in Cosi fan tutte and returned in 1997 to sing the title role of La Cenerentola and in 1998 to sing the role of Susanna in The Marriage of Figaro.

Cecilia Bartoli is foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music.

In 2012, Cecilia Bartoli produced a project entitled Mission, which premiered the works of Agostino Steffani, a lesser-known Baroque composer.

Cecilia Bartoli produced the music of the composer in CD form as well as an extended music video that portrays her as the priest-composer Agostino in the palace of Versallies.

In May 2008, Cecilia Bartoli sang the title role written for Malibran in a revival of Fromental Halevy's 1828 opera Clari at the Zurich Opera.

In March 2011, Cecilia Bartoli toured five Australian cities with two programs drawn from Sacrificium and Maria.

In 2012, Cecilia Bartoli became the artistic director of the Salzburg Whitsun Festival, an extension of the traditional Salzburg Festival, which produces performances during Whitsun weekend.

In December 2019, it was announced that Cecilia Bartoli would succeed Jean-Louis Grinda as the director of the Opera de Monte-Carlo, effective on 1 January 2023.

Cecilia Bartoli became the first woman to hold the position.

Cecilia Bartoli was appointed Chevalier of the French Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, and Commander of Monaco's Order of Cultural Merit.

Cecilia Bartoli is the 2012 recipient of the Herbert von Karajan Music Prize.