Rafael de Acha reviews Veronika Dzhioeva’s new Ritorna Vincitor! recording with Constantine Orbelian and the Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra:

“The late Dimitri Hvorostovsky was right when he said: “What a gorgeous voice – like a Rolls Royce, she must sing in the best theaters in the world!” I agree. … The beautiful, big voiced, intensely dramatic Georgian soprano Veronika Dzhioeva is spectacularly gifted: vocally impressive, the possessor of a creamy soprano that comfortably ascends to the treacherous high C of O patria mia, landing it with a lyrical approach. She pulls off the same feat on invan la pace at the end of Leonora’s aria from La forza del destino. She is intensely musical, insightful with the lyrics. When she comfortably pours the voice out and marries sound to text and then injects emotion into the task at hand she is spectacular. … Constantine Orbelian leads the Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra with idiomatic flair and ever sensitive to the task of accompanying the singer. Produced, engineered and mastered the album is a nice addition to the must have lists of Opera devotees.”

—Rafael de Acha, Rafael’s Music Notes

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