Listen : Cecilia Bartoli Just Became the First Woman to Perform in the Sistine Chapel - WQXR Blog - WQXR
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The Vatican’s Sistine Chapel opened in 1483, and over the past few centuries it has seen quite a lot: Michelangelo painting its ceiling, dozens of papal conclaves and a teenage Mozart taking in the majesty Allegri’s Miserere (to illegally transcribe it later). But one thing it hasn’t seen — or rather, heard — in its over 500-year history, is a woman singing.
That changed on Friday night, The Guardian reports, when mezzo-soprano Cecilia Bartoli joined the all-male Sistine Chapel Choir in its namesake place of worship. Together, they sang Perotin’s “Beata Viscera.” The selection was part of a larger project — an exploration of underperformed ancient and Renaissance music from the church’s archives.
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Even though Bartoli broke this particular barrier, her performance is a sign of all the work that still needs to be done. In an interview with Italian Newspaper Corriere della Sera, Bartoli pointed out “there is still so much to do” when it comes to correcting the gender imbalance in orchestras.
Occasion d’un bon coup de pub pour DGG…