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After music college, Jonathan Tetelman abandoned singing and became a DJ...His is the sort of ardent, soul-baring voice you would want to be serenaded by when reclining on a chaise longue somewhere... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2022, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Her voice reminds me now of Birgit Nilsson’s at the same stage, an Elsa and Sieglinde who is a Brünnhilde in waiting, with the same thrilling edge to her top register, though she isn’t lacking... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2021, 5 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

While there is plenty of drama and raw emotion on offer, what makes the album so satisfying is the way that Hindoyan prevents it from being wearisome by switching the mood completely…And even... — James Longstaffe, Presto Music, 27th October 2023 More…

She has a slender tone, definitely more lyric than spinto, and is often so deeply invested in her role that it’s not always a very ‘pretty’ sound. Yet it’s exactly these qualities that are her... — Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2020 More…

There’s something of the young Roberto Alagna about Bernheim’s tenor, a bright, open sound, unforced and with a sunny smile in his voice. — Gramophone Magazine, May 2022 More…

The French items suit her slightly cool voice better. There’s a classy, moving grandeur to Didon’s ‘Adieu, fière cité’, and a lovely wistfulness to her Mignon…in short, here’s a beautifully regulated... — Gramophone Magazine, January 2017 More…

This is a wonderful disc, the most exciting and enterprising operatic recital I have heard for a very long time...Kaufmann has everything, and at the age of 40 his voice may well be in its finest... — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2010, 5 out of 5 stars More…

This is a big voice with a warm Italianate tone and a fitting sense of the legato required for this repertoire. Verismo sobbing is kept to a minimum. Beczala knows exactly how to build the drama... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2020, 3 out of 5 stars More…