Kristine Opolais

[Conchis]

I think Opolais has to be the greatest dramatic soprano of the moment.

I saw her sing Tosca in a semi-staged concert performance at Llangollen Eisteddfod on Tuesday night: her acting was sensational(bear in mind this is a role where acting is arguably more important than singing) and she sounded totally assured and inside the role. Not a cliched performance, either - she'd obviously done her own thinking about the role.

She's also the only Manon Lescaut I've seen who could convince as a teenager (even though she was in her mid-thirties at the time).

She is singing Elsa in Lohengrin at Covent Garden next year (will this be her first Wagner role?): that will definitely be a performance to catch!

[Stanfordian]

I think Opolais has to be the greatest dramatic soprano of the moment.

I saw her sing Tosca in a semi-staged concert performance at Llangollen Eisteddfod on Tuesday night: her acting was sensational(bear in mind this is a role where acting is arguably more important than singing) and she sounded totally assured and inside the role. Not a cliched performance, either - she'd obviously done her own thinking about the role.

She's also the only Manon Lescaut I've seen who could convince as a teenager (even though she was in her mid-thirties at the time).

She is singing Elsa in Lohengrin at Covent Garden next year (will this be her first Wagner role?): that will definitely be a performance to catch!

Last year I attended a concert in Dresden with Kristine Opolais singing a programme of orchestral songs and she was in marvellous form. I also agree that her Manon Lescaut directed by Jonathan Kent from the Royal Opera House was superb too.