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Subject: In this unique classical concert event, mounted at the opulent Chateau de Versailles, mezzo-soprano diva Cecilia Bartoli explores the music of the enigmatic yet celebrated priest Agostino Steffani. Director Olivier Simonnet takes the reins to present a cinematic interpretation of Bartoli's album Mission. In the film, Bartoli performs many tracks from that critically-acclaimed recording, against Versailles backdrops such as the famed Hall of Mirrors. She is accompanied throughout by the Baroque ensemble I Barrochisti, directed by Diego Fasolis. Philippe Jarrousky also turns up as a special guest star to duet with Bartoli.

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Operabladet Ascolta

(2013) 31. årgang nr. 6

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Henrik Marcussen

(2013) 31. årgang nr. 6

"Musikken må vel nærmest vurderes som 'dusinpræget', men vinder ved forsiringer og farvninger, coloratura, hvormed barokken udstyrede sig. Dertil kommer Bartolis indsats, der kan få tin til at skinne som sølv ... Der kan således vælges mellem DVD udgavens smukke panoreringer fra Versailles overfor cd'ens flere arier fra Steffanis hånd".