Month: August 2026

I have a bookmark to Cecilia Bartoli’s performance of “Voi che sapete” from the Marriage of Figaro and I’ve always been awestruck by the timbre of her voice. For example:

BBC just recently released a mini-doc about her:

Was scrolling through instagram and came across this (link to YouTube since linking posts from Instagram is difficult)

I remember this song growing up and so I found the YouTube video:

I had never seen the music video before and I did not know Sheila E. was an accomplished percussionist! I don’t think this music video is meant to showcase her drumming but this has a little bit more: