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Cecilia Bartoli, Orchestra La Scintilla, Ada Pesch, Adam Fischer
Maria

Album IT 2007 on Decca label
Classical (Opera, Romantic)

Bound hardcover booklet (146 numbered pages) with disc in sleeve "Cecilia Bartoli leads a tribute to the extraordinary life of Maria Malibran, the first female superstar in music history. A meteoric career, which ended abruptly with her death at the age of only 28, made Maria Malibran an international celebrity. Surrounded by scandal and mystique, she was muse to the most important opera composers of the era. She was worshipped as the public goddess of Romanticism. Cecilia Bartoli follows La Malibran's unique journey through the musical capitals of the world." —————— MARIA MALIBRAN 1808–1836 LONDON 1825–1836: Vincenzo Bellini, "La Sonnambula" Johann Nepomuk Hummel, "Air à la Tirolienne avec variations" Felix Mendelssohn, "Infelice" (London version) [world premiere recording] NEW YORK 1825–1827 Manuel García, "La Figlia dell'Aria" [world premiere recording] • "El Poeta Clculista" PARIS 1827–1832 Vincenzo Bellini, "I Puritani" (Malibran version) Jacques Fromental Halévy, "Clari"[world premiere recording] BRUXELLES 1829–1836 Maria Malibran, "Rataplan" [world premiere recording] NAPOLI 1832–1835 Giovanni Pacini, "Irene" [world premiere recording] • "Tancredi" [world premiere recording] Giuseppi Persiani, "Ines de Castro" Lauro Rossi, "Amelia" [world premiere recording] MILANO 11834–1836 Vincenzo Bellini, "Norma" Maria Malibran, "L'Elisir d'Amore" [world premiere recording] —————— (Maxim Vergerov appears courtesy of EMI Classics)

Musicians

	Cecilia Bartoli voc, *1966 IT concept by, mezzo-soprano vocals, album by, mezzo-soprano vocals, irene, mezzo-soprano vocals, ines, mezzo-soprano vocals, poeta, mezzo-soprano vocals, amina, mezzo-soprano vocals, semiramide, mezzo-soprano vocals, tancredi, mezzo-soprano vocals, elvira, mezzo-soprano vocals, clari, mezzo-soprano vocals, amelia, mezzo-soprano vocals, adina, mezzo-soprano vocals, norma
	Orchestra La Scintilla , CH album by
	Ada Pesch vn, US leader, orchestra la scintilla, album by, violin
	Adam Fischer , conductor, album by
	Philip Siney , engineer, balance
	Janina Clark liner notes, booklet editor, liner notes, english
	Susannah Howe , liner notes, english translation – rossini tribute
	Richard Evidon , liner notes, english translation
	Jean-Claude Poyet , liner notes, french translation
	Gudrun Meier , liner notes, german translation – rossini tribute
	Eckhardt Van Den Hoogen , liner notes, german translation – scandal extracts
	Maria Malibran voc, 1808-1836 ES other, dedicatee, composed by
	Fabric Frontline other, fabric
	Giorgio Cavallari other, special thanks
	Luigi Cuoco other, special thanks
	Sergio Ragni other, special thanks
	Nadia Raess repetiteur, yodelling coach
	Una Prelle hrp, harp
	International Chamber Soloists , instruments, choir
	Gaetano Rossi , 1774-1855 IT libretto by
	Daniel Pezzotti vc, 1962-2017 CH cello
	Maria Goldschmidt fl, DE flute
	Salvatore Cammarano , 1801-1852 IT libretto by
	Pietro Metastasio , 1698-1782 IT libretto by, text
	Maxim Vengerov vn, *1974 RU violin
	Elena Vicini , castanets
	Claudio Mermoud , guitar
	Isabel Amaya perc, handclaps, flamenco
	Ricardo Espinosa , handclaps, flamenco
	Anonymous bvoc, acg, libretto by, text, orchestrated by
	Felice Romani , 1788-1865 IT libretto by
	Celso Albelo , *1975 ES tenor vocals, elvino, tenor vocals, riccardo
	Robert Pickup cl, clarinet
	Benjamin Forster perc, *1979 DE drum
	Luca Pisaroni voc, , giorgio
	Carlo Pepoli , 1796-1881 IT libretto by
	Pietro Giannone , libretto by, ?
	Calisto Bassi b, IT libretto by

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