SARAH
DEFRISE
Musician of the Year
Belgian Press Prize
© MARIE-CLEMENCE DAVID
" Spectacular tops !
Stunning performer ! "
Tribune de Genève
“Extraordinary, both in her vocal rendition and quasi-cinematographic performance” (Resmusica) “Sarah Defrise, for whom Peter Eötvös created [the role in] his opera Sleepless, excels as the Teenager, generating a multitude of sound characters: rage, resentment, incomprehension, intensity and truth: Her voice can convey it all.” (Opera Online).
Belgian soprano Sarah Defrise has quickly established herself as one of the most fascinating young vocal artists enjoying close working relationships with a wide range of contemporary composers.
Last seasons, she made critically acclaimed debuts in Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Teatro Real Madrid, Grand Théâtre Genève or Müpa Budapest.
" Sarah Defrise's beautiful lyrical voice and perfect phrasing were the highlight of the evening "
Opernmagazin
" Sarah Defrise is phenomenal "
Klara
" Flawless
elegance "
Diapason Magazine
Resmusica
Sarah Defrise is exceptional, both in vocal performance and in her almost cinematic incarnation. The young Belgian soprano already noticed internationally, has a transcendent vocality and presence.
If vocal prowess and agility participated in the amazement of the audience, certain moments of pure lyricism revealed the immense sound palette of a magical voice full of panache.
Crescendo Magazine
" An infinite vocal palette "
Crescendo Magazine
« FOR CATHY »
An a cappella tribute to Cathy Berberian
"the Belgian soprano delivers exactly what it says on the cover: haunting, virtuoso tributes to one of the greatest in her field. Besides »Stripsody« and other canonical works, Defrise interpretes a wide repertoire, which makes this album all the more a real treasure trove". Field Notes
« FÊTES ROUGES »
Joseph Jongen's complete songs
Sarah Defrise & Craig White
"Fascinating all of it ! This is challenging repertory for a single singer, [...] Defrise handles it all with considerable aplomb. Her sound is clear and bright, with a hint of metal in the tone and an operatic blaze at the top, which really impresses in the song-cycles, where restraint would be fatal. Words are carefully projected without fracturing lines. Op 29 is notably intense; Les fêtes rouges seems fractionally more detached, as if sometimes numbed by the horrors it describes. Elsewhere, though, there’s room for delicacy, and songs such as the saccharine ‘Le souhait de la violette’ are done with considerable charm."
Gramophone
" The coloratura role superbly cast with Sarah Defrise "
Die Zeit
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