"When the two nieces shine, Anna Nekhames and Julia Stuart dazzle with their lively performance and bright, cheerful soprano voices. One of the vocal highlights of the opera is certainly the women's quartet in the second act: Britten apparently delved into the score of Strauss' ROSENKAVALIER (final trio/duet) and learned quite a bit from the master in blending and layering women's voices. For this quartet has become outstanding, a calm point placed almost exactly in the middle of the opera, a reflection on the understanding of women as mothers and comforters. Magdalena Hinterdobler, Katharina Magiera, Anna Nekhames, and Julia Stuart bring this gem to life in the finest way.

Als die (ihre?) beiden Nichten glänzen Anna Nekhames und Julia Stuart mit quirligem Spiel und munter-hellen Sopranstimmen. Einer der vokalen Höhepunkte der Oper ist sicher das Frauenquartett im zweiten Akt: Britten hatte sich anscheinend in die Partitur von Strauss' ROSENKAVALIER (Schlussterzett/Duett) vertieft und dem Meister im Verschmelzen und Übereinanderlegen von Frauenstimmen einiges abgeguckt. Denn dieses Quartett ist überragend geworden, ein Ruhepunkt ziemlich genau in der Hälfte der Oper angelegt, eine Reflexion über das Verständnis der Frau als Mutter und Trösterin. Magdalena Hinterdobler, Katharina Magiera, Anna Nekhames und Julia Stuart bringen dieses Glanzstück aufs Allerfeinste zum Klingen."

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OPER AKTUELL

by Erstellt von Kaspar Sannemann

Niece 2, Peter Grimes, Oper Frankfurt

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"Julia Stuart macht großen Eindruck als gestrenge Aufseherin und Vertraute Normas."

"Julia Stuart  makes a strong impression as the strict overseer and confidante of Norma."

 

DER OPERFREUND

Clotilde, Norma, Oper Frankfurt

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"Soprano Julia Stuart revealed a seemingly limitless supply of raw and electrifying vocal power..."

 

PARTERRE BOX

Ma Zegner, Proving Up, Juilliard Opera

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"Julia Stuart deployed the weight of her multi-timbered soprano to communicate the burden Ma Zegner has endured through five years of working the land."

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OPERA NEWS

Ma Zegner, Proving Up, Juilliard Opera

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 “The sparkling find of Opera Saratoga’s season is the magnificent soprano Julia Stuart, who’s pure, powerful Fiordiligi propelled a “Così fan tutte” that was cheeky, beautiful and well-acted.”

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“it was a testament to Stuart’s skill — and the Juilliard program where General and Artistic Director Mary Birnbaum encounted her — that she was so fully formed in her first major opera outside school.”

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THE BERKSHIRE EAGLE

Fiordiligi, Così fan tutte, Opera Saratoga

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“Each of the four romantic leads had fine vocal moments but soprano Julia Stuart as Fiordiligi was the standout even before her grand second act aria “Per pietà, ben mio, perdona.” While navigating its wide emotional range, Stuart seemed to burrow ever deeper into character.”

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TIMES UNION

Fiordiligi, Così fan tutte, Opera Saratoga