Soprano

Maria Agresta

"Maria Agresta è l'altra autentica rivelazione di quest'anno verdiano. Con dominio tecnico, intensità espressiva e dosaggio dei colori, finalmente si ascolta una Desdemona non evanescente."Enrico Girardi, Corriere della Sera

Norah Amsellem

"As that wife, Norah Amsellem is a beautiful woman with a warm spinto voice. She impressively floated lovely phrases without ever sounding forced or strident. Her..."The Opera Critic

Jane Archibald

"An unbelievable mastery of singing, controlled with apparent ease… technical ease combined with a remarkable dramatic presence "Le Figaro

Gun-Brit Barkmin

"Die schöne Katerina, die Gun-Brit Barkmin mit einer sagenhaften Identifikation, ja Selbstaufgabe, und nicht weniger eindrücklichen stimmlichen Mitteln gibt."Neue Zuercher Zeitung (Lady Macbeth von Mzensk, Opernhaus Zuerich)

Isabel Bayrakdarian

"She's a soprano prized for the flexible color of her voice as well as for the dramatic urgency she brings to operatic roles."The Boston Globe

Christine Brandes

"For Pamina, there was no contest: Christine Brandes had the role down perfectly, and sang it beautifully. "Seattle Times, Bernard Jacobson

Christine Brewer

"Brewer's voice—big but pure, golden of tone, flawlessly produced and capable of great subtleties as well as great volume – puts her in the top..."Musical America

Angela Brown

"....she combines a potent, dusky lower register with a striking ability to spin out soft high notes of shimmering beauty. There's no doubt her voice is..."CBS Evening News

Measha Brueggergosman

"Measha Brueggergosman's rich, creamy voice, with its solid core and ringing top notes perfectly suits Wagner's Wesendonck Lieder. Her deeply felt, finely nuanced singing captures the..."Victor Carr Jr., ClassicsToday.com

Layla Claire

"Perky and with big, expressive eyes, her long red hair commanding attention, she displayed an exciting, bright tone and shimmering piano notes, and her third-act aria..."Ronald Blum, The Associated Press

Danielle de Niese

"Her singing is utterly delectable and completely assured…Sheer ‘joie de vivre’ and mastery come spilling across, to the eyes as well as the ears."The New York Times

Oksana Dyka

"[...] the young Ukrainian soprano Oksana Dyka, is nothing less than sensational."Göran Forsling, Seen and Heard

Renée Fleming

Creative Consultant, Lyric Opera of Chicago

"The Beautiful Voice soared, swelled and glistened at the Kennedy Center on Saturday night. Renee Fleming, the soprano possessed of this sobriquet, gave a recital at..."Anne Midgette, Washington Post

Mirella Freni

"Veneration of one's elders is not a concept that holds much water these days, although grand opera may be an exception. Broken voices with glorious pasts..."The New York Times

Lucrecia Garcia

"The powerful, truly Verdian voice — a rare treat these days — of Venezuelan soprano Lucrecia Garcia made her an excellent Helen."José Mª Irurzun, Seen and Heard

Hibla Gerzmava

"The sensational soprano Hibla Gerzmava is the most remarkable new talent encountered in many a year. "James Sohre, Opera Today

Angela Gheorghiu

Christine Goerke

"“Above all, Goerke brings a vocal bloom to the role of Elektra that few sopranos today could match.” The NY TImes, October 7 2011 "

Maria Guleghina

Olga Guryakova

"Olga Guryakova looked lovely as the feisty Oxana, displaying some of the glinting tone and attractive musicality..."John Allison, Opera

Hei-Kyung Hong

"Ms. Hong, who made her debut at the Met in 1984, still sings beautifully, and performed 'Ah, fors’è lui' lying on the sofa, with expressive commitment. ... She..."Vivien Schweitzer, The New York Times

Maria Kanyova

"Soprano Maria Kanyova’s heartfelt portrait of Pat Nixon as a woman of simple origins uncomfortable on the world stage is extraordinary. Her voice could stop..."Robert Trussell, Kansas City Star, March 2012

Aleksandra Kurzak

"Kurzak is a dazzling new star."Hugh Canning, The Sunday Times

Nadine Lehner

"Brillant in den unterschiedlichsten stimmlichen Facetten: Nadine Lehner "Frankfurter Rundschau (Maria in Mazeppa, Theater Bremen)

Julia Lezhneva

"Clearly a name to watch…The ingredients for a great career certainly are there."The Sunday Times

Christiane Libor

"The revelation and reward is Christiane Libor’s roof-raising Ada, a dramatic soprano with the goods."Francis Carlin, Financial Times

Catherine Malfitano

Ana María Martínez

"Back at Lyric was the charismatic soprano Ana María Martínez, whose beautifully sung and finely detailed Marguerite was the linchpin of [the] performance. Not..."John von Rhein, The Chicago Tribune

Karita Mattila

"What we see is a cool, leggy blonde who has all the cards in her hand and knows it. And what we hear is a radiant..."Andrew Clark, The Financial Times

Audra McDonald

"Absolutely thrilling. That describes Audra McDonald’s Avery Fisher Hall performance at Lincoln Center’s spring gala on Thursday evening. The very sound of the word..."Stephen Holden, The New York Times

Angela Meade

"“[Angela Meade] has a strong, supple voice, a knack for floating soft high notes, and an unusual agility in the rapid-fire technique of bel canto singing…” “..." Mike Silverman, The Associated Press

Tatiana Melnychenko

Mary Mills

"The American soprano Mary Mills scores a major success as Katya, dealing handily with the character’s passionate outbursts while bringing poise and sensitivity to her..."George Loomis, The New York Times

Liudmyla Monastyrska

"It is Liudmyla Monastyrska’s vocally scorching Abigaille, grandly of the old school in volume, tone and technical bravado, who raises the temperature of the evening...."Rupert Christiansen, The Telegraph

Tatiana Monogarova

"As Lisa, Tatiana Monogarova moved with a ballerina's grace and sang with a full, rich and radiant soprano."Dallas Morning News - Scott Cantrell

Susanna Phillips

"Stella is an ideal role for the splendid soprano Susanna Phillips, who sang with plush sound and tenderness. "Anthony Tommassini, The New York TImes

Sandrine Piau

"Piau lives intensely each fluctuating shade of feeling, colouring the text expressively and using the ‘sighing’ appoggiaturas so characteristic of French Baroque music to heighten the..."Richard Wigmore, Gramophone

Christina Pier

"Christina Pier unleashed a big, gleaming soprano and impressive coloratura in Donna Anna's "Non mi dir": she is a young singer with great potential."Opera News

Sondra Radvanovsky

"The American soprano invested the romanza with lustrous sound and a melting legato, floating the soft climactic phrases ravishingly. Whenever the music soared, so did Radvanovsky."Chicago Tribue

Elizabeth Reiter

"Elizabeth Reiter shows off her facility with high notes and low comedy as Adele, the socially-climbing chambermaid. She may be the brightest spot in an already..."Chris Davis, Memphisflyer.com

Jessica Rivera

"Jessica Rivera as Kitty gave the most compelling performance of the evening. She was capable of filling the stage and reaching out to the listener even..."Liisamaija Hautsalo, Turun Sanomat

Twyla Robinson

Tatyana Ryaguzova

Ekaterina Scherbachenko

"On the following evening, the Tatiana was the young soprano Ekaterina Shcherbachenko, who was by far the most interesting singer in the second cast, both in..."José M. Irurzun, Seen and Heard International

Albina Shagimuratova

"In Albina Shagimuratova, the superb Russian soprano who was making her Lyric debut as Gilda, the company has found a shining star indeed. She walked away..."John von Rhein, Chicago Tribune, February 2013

Marina Shaguch

Chiara Skerath

"Die entzückende Norina von Chiara Skerath verbindet Koloraturgewandtheit mit warmer Kantabilität.[The delightful Norina of Chiara Skerath combines agile coloraturas with warm cantabile.]"Gerhard Kramer, Wiener Zeitung

Lauren Snouffer

Heidi Stober

"The petite soprano Heidi Stober was wonderful as Zdenka, who, as a young man, calls herself Zdenko. Dressed in a trim gray suit, with short blond..."Anthony Tomassini, The New York Times

Yeree Suh

"“Yeree Suh not only showed physical expressiveness and devotion to her part, her soprano also displayed virtuoso singing of the highest order. A clear, firm timbre..."

Laura Tatulescu

"Laura Tatulescu threatened to steal the show, though, as the mischievous maid Despina, taking an evident delight in her mistresses’ predicament. "The Scotsman (Despina in Cosi fan tutte, with the SCO)

Kiri Te Kanawa

"For Dame Kiri, the beauty is the voice itself. "The New York Times

Elena Tsallagova

"Elena Tsallagova was outstanding as the unbalanced Contessa di Folleville, her agile soprano able to reach coloratura heights without apparent effort or loss of quality. "John McCann, Opera

Dawn Upshaw

Artistic Partner, Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
Artistic Director, Graduate Vocal Arts Program, Bard College Conservatory of Music

"Upshaw's is a voice of many modes. Often, in her timbre, there is an edge-of-the seat tension that pulls the audience along inexorably, breathlessly and yet,..."Opera News

Katie Van Kooten

"...a major operatic talent. Her singing has something of the same glow radiated by Te Kanawa or Freni, and her endearing charm and bright smile make..."The Daily Telegraph

Deborah Voigt

"Voigt gives Brünnhilde a steely joy. " Die Walküre, The Metropolitan Opera, Justin Davidson New York Magazine

Amber Wagner

"The music just poured naturally from her at all times, whether in mournful or soaring sections. Like her character at opera’s end, she is going..."Ariadne in Ariadne auf Naxos, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Andrew Patner, Chicago Sun Times

Jennifer Wilson

" Surely she is today the brightest soprano, with high notes that are like whiplashes, full of power and pitched exactly right...To my mind, she could..."Seen and Heard International Review/Musicweb International