Bartoli and Barenboim in Berlin Mozart-fest

By Sarah Hucal, 31 October 2016

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Reviewed at Philharmonie: Großer Saal, Berlin on 30 October 2016

Haydn, Arianna a Naxos, cantata, Hob XXVIb:2

Mozart, La clemenza di Tito, K621: Parto, parto, ma tu, ben mio

Mozart, La clemenza di Tito, K621: Deh per questo istante solo

Mozart, Scena and Rondo for Soprano, "Ch'io mi scordi di te?", K505

Mozart, Piano Concerto no. 23 in A major, K488

Cecilia Bartoli, Mezzo-soprano

Daniel Barenboim, Conductor

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Sarah Hucal

Sarah Hucal is freelance journalist based out of New York City and Berlin, Germany. After training as a classical singer and performing in opera choruses in Berlin and Bayreuth, she turned to journalism and has since written about culture, politics and everything in between for publications such as Time Out New York, Metropolis Magazine, New York Observer, and The Local in Germany.

Cecilia Bartoli and Daniel Barenboim in Berlin Mozart-fest