Cecilia Bartoli: As a mezzo-soprano, they can compete with the castrati in my opinion, readily, so far as the even still be imagined today. Great. We also have 3 CDs with excellent counterpoint tenors, one of the best of them, Philippe Jarousky we have in Strasbourg heard in concert. But Bartoli is even more a number, she has an insanely complex voice, sounding delicate and lyrical, but also power and sonorous. It is understood that appropriate singer (and their composers) were the rock stars of the 18th century. Baroque fans will be thrilled anyway, rock fans could become Baroque fans.
