Photo credit: Anja Schütz
"The production’s clear star was French mezzo-soprano Sophie Michaux, who reveled in Alcina’s villainy with a deliciously preening, self-satisfied portrayal. The versatile singer seemed at ease with Caccini’s music, with subtle phrasing that expressively capitalized on the music’s innate ebbs and flows."
Classical Voice North-America
"A fine actress, she deployed her smoke-tinged voice like a stealth missile, now sweetly beguiling, now darly menacing."
Wynne Delacoma, Musical America
"...A mezzo of astonishing range and flexibility..."
The Boston Musical Intelligencer
"Mezzo-soprano Sophie Michaux’s voice is a study in color. As her tone shifted from a mother’s quiet encouragement to a simmering internal rage, Michaux’s expressive quality and variety is remarkable..."
Arts Impulse
"... the warm, colorful mezzo Sophie Michaux..."
Opera News
"Michaux’s voice is a luscious shade of burgundy, velvety and ever so slightly smoky..."
The Boston Musical Intelligencer
"The singing was especially luminous. Mezzo soprano Sophie Michaux’s velvety soprano captured the full emotional range of the opera’s title character. Her singing gave the character angelic presence in the first Act. ...With anguished tones, she captured Lucretia’s madness and shame in the gut-wrenching aftermath... She crawled about the stage whimpering and quivering, her singing never losing focus and power. "
Boston Classical Review
Classical Voice North-America
"A fine actress, she deployed her smoke-tinged voice like a stealth missile, now sweetly beguiling, now darly menacing."
Wynne Delacoma, Musical America
"...A mezzo of astonishing range and flexibility..."
The Boston Musical Intelligencer
"Mezzo-soprano Sophie Michaux’s voice is a study in color. As her tone shifted from a mother’s quiet encouragement to a simmering internal rage, Michaux’s expressive quality and variety is remarkable..."
Arts Impulse
"... the warm, colorful mezzo Sophie Michaux..."
Opera News
"Michaux’s voice is a luscious shade of burgundy, velvety and ever so slightly smoky..."
The Boston Musical Intelligencer
"The singing was especially luminous. Mezzo soprano Sophie Michaux’s velvety soprano captured the full emotional range of the opera’s title character. Her singing gave the character angelic presence in the first Act. ...With anguished tones, she captured Lucretia’s madness and shame in the gut-wrenching aftermath... She crawled about the stage whimpering and quivering, her singing never losing focus and power. "
Boston Classical Review
