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28 Jun 2019

Rachel Willis-Sørensen was nothing short of sensational!
The Berkeley Daily Planet

In the first performance of Dvorak’s Rusalka in this summer season — a Sunday, June 16 matinee — Rachel Willis-Sørensen was nothing short of sensational! Her soprano has a rapier-like sharpness, but she can also sound lush and alluring. All of these vocal subtleties were in prominenet display in her performance on June 16. Rachel Willis-Sørensen’s “Hymn to the Moon“ in Act I, introduced by harp music, was a thing of beauty! Throughout the entire three-Act opera, Rachel Willis-Sørensen was absolutlely electrifyting as Rusalka! Moreover, her acting ability brought the trials and tribulations of Rusalka’s attempt to experience human love clearly and expressively to the forefront of this fairytale opera.

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Her considerable vocal resources are now fully realized...the beauty of her silvery colored voice raging and caressing with unfaltering strength the conflicting emotions of her lost innocence.
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