Recently, Opera News published a review of Sondra Radvanovsky and her debut album “Verdi Arias.”

Sondra Radvanovsky: “Verdi Arias”
From Opera News
By Stephen Francis Vasta

Sondra Radvanovsky has been a welcome presence on the Met stage and elsewhere for some fifteen years, and her work deserves permanent documentation. Her soprano is lustrous and vibrant, maintaining a spinning line over a long range, with a full-throated approach to top notes…

The singer renders “Tacea la notte” with a lovely, pure legato, sustaining music and text in long, arching phrases; she sails through a single verse of the cabaletta at a relaxed tempo, with a nice turn through the high C and a good trill…

Bright, clear projection and verbal clarity suit Radvanovsky’s soprano for some of Verdi’s weightier heroines as well. The big Ballo scene and “O patria mia,” as well as “Pace, mio Dio,” from La Forza del Destino, all have a good “spoken” immediacy, with the words planted on flowing legato lines. The Ballo selection ascends to a full, clear high C…

To read the full review, visit OperaNews.com