Profile reviews
2Dal punto di vista musicale, invece, senza dubbio spicca la mezzo-soprano canadese Christina Campsall, dotata di voce sana, potente, facilmente spinta fino al registro di contralto, ma a suo agio anche nelle zone più acute, una vera scoperta
The mezzo soprano Christina Campsall has conquered the scene, both for singing ability and presence, interpreting Romeo worthily. (Original in Italian) il mezzo soprano Christina Campsall si è conquistata la scena, sia per capacità canore che per presenza, interpretando degnamente Romeo
Past Production Reviews
5Dark, brooding texts, dark, brooding music and a dark, brooding voice with plenty of power. We have a mezzo here not a second soprano! That said, her high notes are all there and there seems to be plenty of power all through the registers, though to be fait I’ve only seen her once in a large hall and that was in operetta.
I was particularly thrilled to hear Christina Campsall in this kind of singing; she sounds noticeably different from even the last time I really heard her (in last season’s La belle Hélène). Her sound is focused and rich, and her top is really thrilling especially for a mezzo with a middle voice like hers.
Campsall has a rich, expressive mezzo voice with a clean soprano like upward extension which is pretty much ideal for this role (think Felicity Lott). She also showed herself most capable of effectively negotiating the emotional roller coaster. And that’s what it takes to pull this piece off.
Dal punto di vista musicale, invece, senza dubbio spicca la mezzo-soprano canadese Christina Campsall, dotata di voce sana, potente, facilmente spinta fino al registro di contralto, ma a suo agio anche nelle zone più acute, una vera scoperta
The mezzo soprano Christina Campsall has conquered the scene, both for singing ability and presence, interpreting Romeo worthily. (Original in Italian) il mezzo soprano Christina Campsall si è conquistata la scena, sia per capacità canore che per presenza, interpretando degnamente Romeo
