female artistic director of the famous saltzberg whitsun festival in austria, where she s been performing for 30 years. cecelia s got that mystery quality that only very few singers have of complete charisma. when you see her on stage, you look at her, and it s very hard to look at anyone else. now, when you were a young girl, you wanted to become a flamenco dancer? a little bit! yes! but it was your mother, who herself was a soprano who recognised that you had real vocal talent and she became your voice teacher. what was it like to be taught by your own mother? to study with my mother was hard. my mother, she s definitely my mentor, my teacher. and she was also a guide of what to do and what not to do. i think this is also important. she was quite. i will not say severe.
and french tenor benjamin bernheim, who welcomes the use of technology, alongside the power of live performance. let me take you to the opera. i m keen to ask juan diego florez and cecelia ba rtoli, two of the most loved and respected stars in opera today, about how they re trying to ensure that opera harnesses the power of innovation to secure its future. operatic singing cecelia bartoli is unique in opera. she s a multi award winning singer, a music scholar, and the first
and this is what my mother teach me solid technique. cecelia bartoli s mother was absolutely critical l in the creation - of her as an artist, and i think that you need somebody behind you, . and cecelia bartoli has her mother. . cecelia has a special ability to bring back to life forgotten operatic gems from the baroque period of the 17th and 18th centuries. because of this, she s known as the queen of baroque. operatic singing singing continues
and i m delighted to say that the winner of the 2021 cardiff singer of the world song prize is masabane cecilia rangwanasha. applause. cecelia s talent shines through, but it has not been an easy path for singers like her. black opera singers, mostly african americans, are amongst some of the best known names in opera history. but over the decades, performers of colour have faced major obstacles in securing big roles. particularly through the 50s and 60s, when suddenly, . there was some real talent coming out of church - choirs around america. these amazing sopranos, like marian anderson, . who was a real pioneer -
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