concept by Cecilia Bartoli
concept by Markus Wyler
conductor Adam Fischer
coordinator [production assistant] Kathleen Alder
coordinator [production coordinator] Joanne Baines
edited by Ian Watson
edited by Jenni Whiteside
engineer [balance] Philip Siney
engineer [recording] Wolf-Dieter Karwatky
leader [orchestra la scintilla] Ada Pesch
liner notes [booklet editor] Janina Clark
liner notes [english translation – rossini tribute] Susannah Howe
liner notes [english translation] Richard Evidon
liner notes [english] Janina Clark
liner notes [french translation] Jean-Claude Poyet
liner notes [german translation – rossini tribute] Gudrun Meier
liner notes [german translation – scandal extracts] Eckhardt Van Den Hoogen
liner notes [musicologist and editor] Martin Heimgartner
mezzo-soprano vocals Cecilia Bartoli
photography by Vivianne Purdom
photography by [artefact photos] Roger Schmidt
photography by [artefact photos] Uli Weber
photography by [cecilia bartoli portraits] Uli Weber
producer [recording] Christopher Raeburn
product manager Niall O'Rourke
repetiteur [yodelling coach] Nadia Raess
Copyright (c) Decca Music Group Limited
Distributed By Universal Music
Recorded At Emil Berliner Studios
Recorded At Evangelisch-reformierte Kirchgemeinde, Zürich-Oberstrass
Made By EDC, Germany
Bound hardcover booklet (146 numbered pages) with disc in sleeve

Cecilia Bartoli leads a tribute to the extraordinary life of Maria Malibran, the first female superstar in music history. A meteoric career, which ended abruptly with her death at the age of only 28, made Maria Malibran an international celebrity. Surrounded by scandal and mystique, she was muse to the most important opera composers of the era. She was worshipped as the public goddess of Romanticism. Cecilia Bartoli follows La Malibran's unique journey through the musical capitals of the world.

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MARIA MALIBRAN 1808–1836

LONDON 1825–1836:
Vincenzo Bellini, La Sonnambula
Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Air à la Tirolienne avec variations
Felix Mendelssohn, Infelice (London version) [world premiere recording]

NEW YORK 1825–1827
Manuel García, La Figlia dell'Aria [world premiere recording] • El Poeta Clculista

PARIS 1827–1832
Vincenzo Bellini, I Puritani (Malibran version)
Jacques Fromental Halévy, Clari[world premiere recording]

BRUXELLES 1829–1836
Maria Malibran, Rataplan [world premiere recording]

NAPOLI 1832–1835
Giovanni Pacini, Irene [world premiere recording] • Tancredi [world premiere recording]
Giuseppi Persiani, Ines de Castro
Lauro Rossi, Amelia [world premiere recording]

MILANO 11834–1836
Vincenzo Bellini, Norma
Maria Malibran, L'Elisir d'Amore [world premiere recording]

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(Maxim Vergerov appears courtesy of EMI Classics)

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