10 Dec 2020

Mimì/La Bohème

Rachel Willis-Sørensen is a great Mimi, who brings all her deep feelings to effect in a bewitching beauty of sound. Pure sound, dramatic, full of soft volume.
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“Rachel Willis-Sørensen ist eine großartige Mimi, die all ihre tiefen Empfindungen in betörender Klangschönheit zur Wirkung bringt. Klangrein, dramatisch, voll sanften Volumens.”

[Rachel Willis-Sørensen is a great Mimi, who brings all her deep feelings to create a bewitching beauty of sound. Pure sound, dramatic, and softly voluminous.]

“Hauchzart singt Rachel Willis-Sørensen ihre letzte Liebeserklärung „Du bist meine Liebe und mein ganzes Leben“ in „Sono andati? Fingevo di dormire“, wunderschön von der Harfe und vom retardierenden Puls des Orchesters umspielt. Dieser emotionalen Tiefe kann man sich kaum entziehen.”

[Rachel Willis-Sørensen sings her last declaration of love “You are my love and my whole life” in “Sono andati? Fingevo di dormire, ” beautifully played by the harp and the slowing pulse of the orchestra. You can hardly escape this emotional depth.]

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Dec 2020 / Critical Acclaim

In the first Tête à Tête, Jonas Kaufmann shows what he can do in terms of acting and vocal skill. Rachel Willis-Sørensen immediately counters this as Mimi with the same high level of singing. It ends in the duet of flaming love Tu sol comandi, amore! - Only love should command us. Very nicely sung and acted!
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Dec 2020 / Critical Acclaim

The first-rate, particularly homogeneous vocal cast is dominated by the very eloquent role debut of Rachel Willis-Sørensen (Mimi): she transmits power with nicely nuanced vocal lines, as well as with her fluidity in the "parlar cantando," length of breath, well-contained vibrato, and extended ambitus response to a Jonas Kaufmann (Rodolfo) with a somewhat dark timbre that impresses with its vocal ease in all registers, moving the fragility of its spun highs, making the duet of love a very romantic Act I, a moment of intense emotion.
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