Ralph Moore reviews Veronika Dzhioeva‘s new Ritorna Vincitor! recording with Constantine Orbelian and the Kaunas City Symphony on MusicWeb International:

“She is the most exciting singer I have heard since the arrival of Dinara Alieva… my heart leapt when, even before she had sung a note, I heard the first words she spoke… Her enunciation reveals excellent Italian diction and her an acute sense of the dramatic. … It is hard to assess a voice via a recording alone if one has not heard it live, but the weight and power of Dzhioeva’s soprano certainly come across in the recorded medium here. She has a big, warm, healthy sound… Above all, Dzhioeva avoids blandness and boring the listener; as she progresses through this programme from predominately Verdi to verismo to Puccini and back to Verdi again, it is almost as if she were both constantly challenging herself and daring the listener to categorise her voice. … The album title indicates that the Aida arias are meant to be the touchstone arias here and Dzhioeva sounds like one of the few singers today with the vocal resources to do that role justice. She succeeds triumphantly… [and takes] risks in order to animate and communicate the passion of the music.”

—Ralph Moore, MusicWeb International

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