Cecilia Bartoli St Petersburg Launch in Versailles

OUT NOW Amazon: iTunes: Sparkling Versailles Launch for St Petersburg An Album of Eleven World Premiere Recordings. Bestselling mezzosoprano Cecilia Bartoli honours three great Russian empresses with her latest Decca release, celebrating the littleknown flowering of opera in 18thcentury St Petersburg under the enlightened rule of three exceptional women who looked to Europe to enrich the cultural life of their country. Cecilia Bartoli St Petersburg, to be released internationally on October 13 through Decca is a thrilling collection of eleven world premiere recordings that not only celebrates three great Russian rulers, Anna, Elizabeth and Catherine the Great, but also turns the spotlight on their court composers. The release was launched for international media and selected guests on October 6th 2014 in an event with presenting sponsor the Elena and Gennady Timchenko Foundation, amid the glittering splendour of the Hall of Mirrors in the