Stéphanie d'Oustrac

D’Oustrac is dazzling across these various personae, to which she brings not only luscious vocalism but also a blistering intensity. No less impressive is the Ensemble Amarillis…for zest and... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2020, 5 out of 5 stars More…

D’Oustrac’s artistry is compelling throughout but the Wagner owes something of its impact to the fact that her voice is at its freshest…[her] smoky tone, careful dynamic shading and wonderful... — Gramophone Magazine, May 2019 More…

She combines a warm, flavoursome mezzo with a fiery dramatic temperament...to each of these songs, even the most guileless, she brings an intense personal involvement...Throughout [Arianna a... — Gramophone Magazine, July 2010 More…

d'Oustrac has a warm, flexible mezzo voice which rises us easily as far as top Gs and which she can float to great effect. Like many French female singers of the past, she has a fastish vibrato...Jourdan's... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2015, 4 out of 5 stars More…

D’Oustrac is, for many music lovers, THE Carmen of the present day and in the dramatic Élégie en prose she shows why. But the pieces by Devienne, Dalayrac et al don’t really suite her voice…The... — BBC Music Magazine, March 2020, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Smart, sophisticated and opinionated, Anne Sofie von Otter has become a star by doing exactly what she wants — Opera News More…