Cecilia Bartoli during the presentation of her Maria Malibran Museo Mobile

This year a “mobile museum” is accompanying the concert tour by Cecilia Bartoli, one of the most successful singers in the international opera and concert halls. The Museo Mobile is dedicated to Maria Malibran, an exponent of bel canto at the start of the 19th century. An articulated truck has been especially converted to house Bartoli’s personal collection of artefacts. Cecilia Bartoli has curated the exhibition to give her concert audiences the chance to enter the extraordinary world of Maria Malibran and to bring a further dimension and context to the music.

The exhibition is presented by the Cecilia Bartoli Music Foundation and truck company MAN. With her foundation Cecilia Bartoli has been conducting music archeology by researching numerous archives and collections relating to the legendary operatic star Maria Malibran (1808-1836), thus assembling an informative exhibition on show in an elaborately designed specialty vehicle. The vehicle comprises furniture and costume jewellery which belonged to Malibran and rare music manuscripts, letters, newspaper articles, pictures and other documents of this then world renowned singer.

The travelling exhibition will visit all the cities where Cecilia Bartoli sings and will be open to the public – for free – outside or near the major concert venues of each city.

Go to Maria Malibran Museo Mobile website
Read article (The Independent, November 21, 2007)
Watch Cecilia Bartoli talking on Maria Malibran on YouTube