Göran Forsling offers a fourth MusicWeb International review of Oksana Volkova’s Poison d’Amour release with Constantine Orbelian and the Kaunas City Symphony: “It was also as Maddalena I first met her in the Delos recording of Rigoletto with Dmitri Hvorostovsky in the title role… Maddalena is hardly a role that catapults a singer to stardom, but even…
Oksana Volkova, Constantine Orbelian, and the Kaunas City Symphony’s Poison d’Amour album is named an Opera News Critic’s Choice! “an audacious compilation of mezzo-soprano (and soprano-adjacent) arias… Poison d’Amour announces Volkova as the real deal: a full-bodied, lyric mezzo-soprano with intelligence, passion, nuance and a healthy dose of chutzpah… And Constantine Orbelian’s decadent and limpid conducting…
Gramophone Magazine critic Laurence Vittes reviews Oksana Volkova, Constantine Orbelian, and the Kaunas City Symphony’s Poison d’Amour recording in the August issue’s Sounds of America section: “Mezzo-soprano Oksana Volkova’s recital of a dozen famous dramatic arias and one bloody obscurity gives full range to the Belarusian’s powerful voice and sultry temperament. … With a superb…
American Record Guide reviews Oksana Volkova, Constantine Orbelian, and the Kaunas City Symphony’s Poison d’Amour recording: “Oksana Volkova has a gorgeous, seductive voice that could be likened to warm butter dripping off a fresh, hot biscuit. From top to bottom there are no holes in her beautiful mezzo-soprano. …Her choice of repertoire is intelligent. She seduces…
Oksana Volkova, Constantine Orbelian, and the Kaunas City Symphony’s Poison d’Amour release is Opera Magazine’s July 2021 Disc of the Month! “‘Poison d’amour’ is that rarity, a recital disc where interest is nicely balanced between the singer and the song. The Belarusian mezzo-soprano Oksana Volkova has a well- nourished voice that has already taken her…
Oksana Volkova, Constantine Orbelian, and the Kaunas City Symphony’s Poison D’Amour album has MusicWeb International critic, Michael Cookson, crossing his fingers for more! “One immediately notices Volkova’s dark-tinged and agreeably burnished tone. Her chosen roles seem appropriately tailored to her tessitura, so there is little in the way of strain. The word ‘allure’ is often…
Oksana Volkova, Constantine Orbelian, and the Kaunas City Symphony’s upcoming Poison D’Amour recording gets a Music Notes review: “The Delos CD opens with O ma lyre immortelle from Gounod’s rarely done Sapho. In this aria and in two selections from Samson et Dalila: Printemps qui commence and Mon cœur s’ouvre à ta voix the Belarusian singer displays a luscious sound that she…
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