Trusted By Critics.

“Soprano Lucia Cesaroni sang Mimì’s music with consistent security and tonal beauty. From her first ‘Scusi’ in Act One, she brought to her performance gladdening vestiges of long-dormant styles, integrated with her own sensibilities and vocal persona. Recalling Licia Albanese, this Mimì’s first words to Rodolfo disclosed awkward excitement tempered by unassailable propriety. Cesaroni sang ‘Sì, mi chiamano Mimì’ gorgeously, her top As ideally lofted on the breath, and, crucially, she offered Rodolfo and the audience a look into Mimì’s solitary but fulfilling world.”

“Lucia Cesaroni brilliantly portrayed the cleverness and playful elements of her role, with her clear soprano carrying the top line in the ensembles with authority. Heard in many ensembles throughout the opera, she had her star turn in the last act with the well-known aria ‘Deh vieni, non tardar’ in which she baits the unsuspecting Figaro. This was an exceptionally fine performance of this famous aria, the nocturnal side of the music well characterized in the context of the underlying humour.”

“Mimì, beautifully sung by Canadian soprano, Lucia Cesaroni, is the charming and delicate tenant of the highest attic mansard, where she embroiders flowers and sells them at the market… Cesaroni has a beautiful rich voice and a gorgeous soft top register; she is also a consummate actor… and quite the flirt!”

“Amazingly enough she even manages somehow to revolve about herself, coquettishly swivelling her svelte form in places where the rest of us aren’t even jointed… and then turn around and invest an old chestnut like Lehár’s Vilja ballade with genuine feeling.”

“The biggest is that Lucia Cesaroni plays Ava… Lucia has a much richer, more resonant soprano.”

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