“American soprano Rachel Willis-Sørensen gave an excellent account of both the passionateness and grief of Donna Anna”
William Hartston, Express UK
“American soprano Rachel Willis-Sørensen gave an excellent account of both the passionateness and grief of Donna Anna”
William Hartston, Express UK
“Soprano Rachel Willis-Sørensen (Donna Anna) astonished among the women with her poignancy and masterful control – like listening to an angelic knife. It’s worth noting that she will sing the title role in Ariadne auf Naxos at the COC in 2027.”
Lev Bratishenko, Opera Canada
“Rachel Willis-Sørensen sang a scorching Donna Anna here in 2018 .. What has grown is her dramatic interpretation, biting into recitatives”
Mark Pullinger, Bachtrack
“In past revivals one of the production’s most successful portrayals has been Rachel Willis-Sørensen’s Donna Anna and she returns this time. Thanks to her near-ideal balance of vocal beauty and authority it would be difficult to find Donna Anna’s dignified closing aria better sung at the moment.”
Richard Fairman, Financial Times
“Just as the orchestra expanded to do justice to its sumptuous sound, Martín showed himself to be a mature maestro who crafted the pieces with the skill of a goldsmith, although all eyes were inevitably fixed on the American Rachel Willis-Sørensen for her ability to harmonize her vocal presence with high-class phrasing. Few voices are so pure and natural in this repertoire, few so capable of conveying the feeling of impending death in the sublime Im Abendrot.”
Beckmesser
“It is truly difficult to find a more brilliant performer today than the American Rachel Willis-Sørensen, who at 42 years of age commands the brutal splendor of her voice in these final Strauss lieder.”
Beckmesser
“La « Reine du Bal » et de cette soirée est bien Rachel Willis-Sorensen. Sans se départir d’une diction irréprochable, la soprano possède en effet une rondeur et une chaleur de timbre aux allures de mezzo, avec…une puissance impressionnante, même dans les moments les plus durs, ce qui en fait un personnage vocal d’une incroyable maturité, à l’image de son caractère d’Arabella.”
Olyrix
“The “Queen of the Ball” and of this evening is undoubtedly Rachel Willis-Sorensen. Without compromising her impeccable diction, the soprano possesses a roundness and warmth of tone reminiscent of a mezzo, with…impressive power, even in the most challenging moments, making her a vocal performer of incredible maturity, much like her character Arabella."