“…the production’s finest asset: a singer equal to Strauss’ fiendish vocal writing - her soprano lush, her low notes thrilling- who can also persuasively act the part”
The Guardian
”The opera lands or falls by the soprano taking the title role. Kirsty Stokes landed the evening’s knock out punch. Her soprano has a silvery top which she used to great effect. She has the vocal chops for the final scene with some ecstatic quiet notes too”
