Puccini - Chi il bel sogno di Doretta (from La Rondine)

this is Rolls-Royce singing, the voice a finely tuned engine whose expressive powers go from zero to off-the-dial in seconds as an introspective pianissimo builds to an outburst of unleashed... — BBC Music Magazine, January 2024, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Angela Gheorghiu delivers some of her finest singing on a disk full of Puccinian gems — BBC Music Magazine, April 2005 More…

Her voice has the typical ring and timbre of a Latin singer - she hails originally from Puerto Rico - and she has the spirited delivery that goes with the Latin temperament. …best of all are... — Gramophone Magazine, March 2006 More…

here is a young, sweet-toned lyric soprano able to float pianissimos in the highest register to ravishing effect...what I treasure most of all on the disc [is] the excerpt from Verdi's Otello...The... — Gramophone Magazine, December 2014 More…

It’s a superbly burnished and powerful instrument: firm in the lower registers; steely but beautiful at the top, with a terrific sheen...This box is invaluable for anyone wanting to hear one... — Gramophone Magazine, May 2020 More…

Liquid Gold; the real thing — The Times More…