Soprano Rachel Willis-Sørensen, trained at Brigham Young University and the Houston Grand Opera, has made appearances at many European opera houses and, as a cruise around online videos services will attest, has learned to connect with an audience. Signed to Sony Classical, she released Rachel, her debut album, in 2022. Does the charisma translate to the recording medium? In many places, yes. This is a debut recital filled with major operatic hits, but there is something to be said for playing to one's strengths when the ...
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Soprano Rachel Willis-Sørensen, trained at Brigham Young University and the Houston Grand Opera, has made appearances at many European opera houses and, as a cruise around online videos services will attest, has learned to connect with an audience. Signed to Sony Classical, she released Rachel, her debut album, in 2022. Does the charisma translate to the recording medium? In many places, yes. This is a debut recital filled with major operatic hits, but there is something to be said for playing to one's strengths when the more arcane repertory can come later. Those strengths include what has emerged as Willis-Sørensen's signature role, that of Donna Anna in Mozart's Don Giovanni. The role did much to define that of the young dramatic soprano specialty, with its balance of emotional heft, vocal heroics, and melodic fluency, and Willis-Sørensen balances the three adeptly. Hers is a bright, brilliant voice with an impressively clear top, and it's worth diving in at several places here to test one's...
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