Cecilia & Plácido

Cecilia Bartoli and Plácido Domingo first met in New York, where each of them performed regularly to an enthusiastic audience. In 1994, they worked on a recording for Deutsche Grammophon of Mozart’s Idomeneo together, accompanied by the Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera. From then on, their paths crossed regularly.

At the heart of their respective vast repertoires, Cecilia and Plácido share a particular love for Mozart, Rossini and Vivaldi. Puccini’s operas, on the other hand, in which Plácido has so often been heard, do not belong to those we normally associate with Cecilia’s work. And yet, it is in Tosca that Cecilia made her first public solo appearance ever – as a child… This opera is famously set in her hometown Rome, where Plácido took part in an amazing film, set in the original locations and at the original time of Puccini’s opera: nothing is a coincidence!

In 2023, at the salle Garnier, Plácido Domingo honoured Cecilia Bartoli, who had just begun her tenure as director of the Opéra de Monte-Carlo. Together with a number of high-spirited colleagues, they presented an operatic potpourri, which will long remain in the memory of those who were lucky to attend.

Without forsaking their Mediterranean warmth, their musical versatility and riveting charisma, Cecilia and Plácido now return in a more chamberlike format of songs celebrating their Latin heritage. In this, they will be subtly accompanied by French pianist David Fray, who shares their great love for Italy and Spain.