27 - mars - 2008

Malibran Birthday Event

Cecilia Bartoli's grand celebration of Maria Malibran was an amazing success, delighting critics and the public alike.

The full-day event took place in Paris on Monday 24th March - 200 years to the day since Maria Malibran's birth.

Cecilia gave three concerts at the Salle Pleyel on the one day, starting with a chamber music recital with Lang Lang (piano) and Vadim Repin (violin). In the early afternoon Cecilia sang in a concert performance of La Cenerentola with The Zurich Opera House Orchestra and Choir, conducted by Adam Fischer, and the day was completed with a gala performance with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France conducted by Myung-Whun Chung.

Crowds gathered outside the Hotel de Ville where a big screen showed a film of Cecilia performing live in Barcelona (from the Maria DVD) and 1500 people visited the MuseoMobile.