Maria Stuarda

Once again, I was delighted that the richness and expressive power of the voice survived the 2020-21 shutdowns and the covid period unscathed. The top notes, that certain opera fans are especially scrupulously listening to, like the high D of the finale of Act I, sounded with supreme confidence. Kolonits not only carefully articulated the text, but in her phrases she brought an entire human fate to a touching distance, as beautiful as it was tragic.… ➤