Caf\u00e9 de Paris<\/strong><\/a> sits close by with a panoramic terrace for breakfast, lunch and tea.\u00a0<\/p>\n\u201cYou can enter the casino only to visit if you want. There is a bar inside, so you can go to the bar of the casino,\u201d says Antognelli.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere is an area for people who only want to try, and after that there is the private casino, with European classic style gambling, roulette and table games where you can gamble more.\u201d<\/p>\n
To up the ante, the nearby Hotel de Paris Monte Carlo - the first hotel to offer hot water to its guests - has been used as a location in several James Bond films. Antognelli says it has been fully renovated in recent years.<\/p>\n
\u201cMonaco is transforming itself, we are transforming Monaco but we really want to keep our DNA. So we have restructured The Hotel d\u2019Paris for the last four years.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo if you come now, you\u2019ll see it and say \u2018that\u2019s the Hotel d\u2019Paris, nothing\u2019s changed.\u2019 In fact it\u2019s completely new, we only keep the front side of the palace and the historic parts. 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Together they recently mesmerised audiences in the Garnier Hall with\u00a0 Rossini's final comic opera, \u201c Le Comte Ory \u201d. Bartoli's busy schedule includes\u00a0 stage performances, pulling the strings behind the scenes and now preparing for a new role. In 2023, \u00a0t he legendary mezzo-soprano \u00a0will become the Opera de Monte-Carlo's new artistic director, the first woman to have this honour. \n\nJean-Louis Grinda is the current director of the Opera de Monte-Carlo. He describes Bartoli as a \"legend\". They're \"appointing a woman who is extraordinarily skilled, an artist who has left her mark on the history of the opera\". \n\n\nBartoli's career \n\nCecilia Bartoli is the daughter of a singing teacher. She made her debut in Rome in 1987 as \u00a0Rosina in\u00a0 Rossini\u2019s\u00a0 The Barber of Seville. Her talent was immediately recognised and she has now performed in countless locations across the globe, including\u00a0 Salzburg, the Metropolitan Opera New York, London\u2019s Royal Opera House and many more.\u00a0 \n\nShe has f ive Grammys and over a dozen Echos and Brit Awards. Her hard work is described by Moshe Leiser, stage director at the Op\u00e9ra de Monte-Carlo, as \"going above and beyond\". This is maybe one reason why she has\u00a0 won the Polar Music Prize, the L\u00e9onie-Sonning-Music Prize and the Herbert von Karajan Prize. Or perhaps she's been so successful because of her passion for her work that stage director, Patrice Caurier , says \"she dedicates all her energy to\".\u00a0 \n\nCecilia Bartoli herself says her desire was only \"to make music together with other musicians\". She started off slowly by learning the piano and then some trumpet. She tells us that she never imagined becoming an artistic director, it was a great surprise to her. \n\nThe Op\u00e9ra de Monte-Carlo \n\nHer new artistic home is an architectural jewel by Charles Garnier, the\u00a0 designer of the Paris Opera. It's a place that she calls magical and \"acoustically incredible\". All the greatest singers, past and present, have sung there, like\u00a0 Caruso, Beniamino Gigli and Tebaldi. Bartoli tells us it makes \"the history of the theatre really important\".\u00a0 \n\nAs for choosing this iconic Mezzo-Soprano as the new artistic director, Jean-Louis Grinda simply says he's \" convinced that opera houses should be run by artists. Artists understand all that\u2019s at stake in theatres and artists know how to take these risks\". \n\nA new artistic direction \n\nSome of Bartoli's aspirations for her new position include inviting artists who have never had the chance to perform at the Opera house to sing there. She would also like to \"open a door to the world of Baroque and Mozart\".\u00a0 \n\nShe hopes to start this new position by continuing \" with a lot of energy and love\" because, as she says, \"in the end that's what it's all about\". \n\n","htmlText":"
Cecilia Bartoli<\/a> and the Op\u00e9ra de Monte-Carlo<\/a> have a long-lasting love affair. Together they recently mesmerised audiences in the Garnier Hall with\u00a0Rossini's final comic opera, \u201cLe Comte Ory<\/a>\u201d. Bartoli's busy schedule includes\u00a0stage performances, pulling the strings behind the scenes and now preparing for a new role. In 2023,\u00a0the legendary mezzo-soprano\u00a0will become the Opera de Monte-Carlo's new artistic director, the first woman to have this honour.<\/p>\n