Canadian Opera company: DIe Zauberflöte: Queen of the night

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...The Magic Flute is best known for the Queen of the Night aria, a soprano showpiece in which the imperious Queen tells her daughter that she will be disowned if she doesn’t kill Sorastro. Norwegian soprano Caroline Wettergreen, making her Canadian debut here, is marvellous in the role and in this aria in particular. Her Queen is all cheekbones and rage, singing with the purity and malice of a crystal skull tequila bottle, if a crystal skull tequila bottle could effortlessly rip out ringing high Fs and coloratura runs.

• Luxury Toronto

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..Wettergreen deserves to be judged with the power of her performance and not just the high notes. She is brilliant overall.

• GreekPress / James Karas

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Norwegian soprano Caroline Wettergreen made her COC main stage debut as the iconic Queen of the Night. Wettergreen should be the reason that you make opera a piece of homework once you leave the performance. Wettergreen’s performance is flawless and provided the audience with a nod to grace and greatness.

• ThirtyFourFlavours

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Técnicamente irreprochable, la soprano noruega Caroline Wettergreen mostró poseer tanto las notas agudas como la agilidad requerida para sortear los escollos de las terribles arias de la vengativa Reina de la noche, brillando particularmente en su segunda aria ‘Der Hölle Rache’, donde a su impecable canto imprimió una enorme fuerza interpretativa.

• ProOpera

 

Caroline Wettergreen (..) was dramatically convincing and vocally impressive. Her coloratura was absolutely precise with the high notes clear and bright.

• Bachtrack

 

With firm pinpoint accuracy and crystal clear diction, it’s a fantastic and enlightening performance.

• Stage Door

 

Singing some of the most well known repertoire works, Wettergreen's Queen of the Night is a powerful presence, and her voice more than lives up to the demand of one of opera's most famous arias.

• Broadway World

 

La soprano Caroline Wettergreen ha debuttato nel ruolo della iconica Regina della Notte, tenendo il pubblico con il fiato sospeso durante la celebre aria, di cui ha eseguito le note più alte con precisione e una voce potente e limpida.

• Corriere Canadese