Donna Anna, Rachel Willis-Sørensen essayed a truly powerful interpretation. From the opening notes to the very end of the opera, her performance was marked by tremendous vocal confidence with arguably the most challenging role in the opera.
Operawire
Press:
Rachel Willis-Sørenson...blossomed into a penetrating tone and effortless coloratura, culminating in her big moment in the opera’s next-to-last scene with “Non mi dir."
New York Classical Review
It rarely happens to listen to such a "D'amor sull'ali rosee", veined with caressing sadness, where the exquisite descending portamenti are a cascade of small notes tied up yet well defined."
Connessi all'Opera
Rachel Willis-Sørensen, as Donna Anna, never sounds vocally stretched (as can sometimes happen with this role) and is as lyrical as she is luminous.
Opera Today
Rachel Willis-Sørensen featured on "20 years of favorites from Opera Theatre of St. Louis" for her 2012 Fiordiligi in Così fan tutte
Saint Louis Today
The volume is impressive for her total command of the "Viennese masquerade...
David Nice - The Arts Desk
Above all Rachel Willis-Sørensen as Hélène, who brilliantly understands how to lend drama to her voice, which is by nature rather delicate. She is already at home in the demanding higher register and with the coloratura.
BR-Klassik