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Born on June 4, 1966, in Rome, Italy; daughter of Pietro Angelo and Silvana (Bazzoni) Bartoli. Education: Attended Academy of Santa Cecilia in Rome, Italy. Addresses: Record company--Decca Broadway, 825 8th Ave., New York, NY 10019.

Website--Cecilia Bartoli Official Website: http://www.deccaclassics.com/artists/bartoli/.

The exceptionally talented mezzo-soprano Cecilia Bartoli has had critics raving and opera fans flocking to her concerts since she began her career in the mid-1980s.

Rossini AriasLondon/Decca, 1989.

She is the rarest of creatures, press reports say, a coloratura mezzo. Opera lovers call Bartoli's voice a gift, something that comes along only once a generation. Newsweek's Katrine Ames raved: "She has a voice that bubbles up through three and a half octaves, and runs down like rich, warm brandy, the range matched by breakneck agility and breathtaking fioriture." Linda Blandford of the New York Times noted: "[Her voice] is all of one piece, seamless, as vibrant at the top as it is on the botto