The Salzburg Whitsun Festival will has a new appointee this season: Cecilia Bartoli, who will head the post of artistic director. Bartoli, who has been at the helm since 2012, was given the appointment by Alexander Pereira.
Posted to her website, Pereira was quoted as saying: "I am tremendously pleased that Cecilia Bartoli's long association with Salzburg, which has proved so inspirational in the past, can now be placed on a new footing."
"The admirable courage that characterizes Cecilia's work in terms of its quality and imagination has persuaded me to ask her to become artistic director of the Whitsun Festival under my intendancy and to help in shaping the festival from 2012 onwards," he continued.
Grammy-winning Bartoli credited her experience with the festival to Pereira and cited that this wonderful opportunity in the past has offered her "wonderful opportunities to realize [her] artistic ideas."
In 2013, the festival also saw a new production of Bellini's Norma, with the Italian coloratura mezzo-soprano as the title role. The performance proved to be a major milestone for her career as a superstar of classical music.
An exciting new feat for the singer and the festival alike, Bartoli has been the favorite of many audiences around the globe. Her latest release on Universal imprint Decca has taken to the pop and classical charts in seven different countries making her an international icon.
Hopefully her and Kaufmann can team up and start reintroducing opera to the masses. But for now, sadly, all we have for now are some solid recordings of her.
Check her out for Pete's sake below.
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