21 Oct 2005

The Queen of Excess

http://www.nysun.com/article/21852

BY JAY NORDLINGER [NY Sun, 21 October 2005]

The phenomenon that is Cecilia Bartoli blew into Carnegie Hall on Wednesday night, kicking up the usual fuss. With a Swiss original-instruments group, the Italian mezzo-soprano performed a program of Caldara, Alessandro Scarlatti, and Handel.