The Renaissance of Aida in the Golf of Naples. The concomitant triumph of Singing and Distancing.
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Connessi All’Opera.it - Review
Anita Rachvelishvili, a very significant singer, affronted the role of Amneris with power and brightness. Her duet in the first act "Forse l'arcano amore" was growing in intensity, compact and persuasive. She was also well capable of the opposite both vocally and effectively towards her rival Aida in "Fu la sorte dell"armi", but first of all, she was superb in the opening scene of the last act "L'aborrita rivale a me sfuggia" and the duet "Gia i sacerdoti adunansi" alongside Radames.
Source: https://www.connessiallopera.it
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GazzaMerlina.it - Review
The revelation of the evening was the Amneris of Anita Rachvelishvili, a mezzo-soprano with contralto shades that saturated the whole piazza. Her interpretation was based on passion and power. It is impossible to decode the caleidoscope of her voice. How would we love the enjoy her in Rossini or Donizetti! Enchanting the scene with Aida “Fu la sorte dell’armi…” and the following duet “Amore, amore! Gaudio tormento”
Source: https://www.gazzamerlina.it
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ApeMusicale.it - Review
Looking at the cast one remains amazed by the huge and torrential vocality of Anita Rachvelishvili's Amneris. She impressed with the very dark color of an authentic dramatic mezzo-soprano with the fulness of her low register, spacey and electrifying. Besides her luxurious vocal skills, she delivered a very multifaceted interpretation: Her Amneris is full of temperament, in love, jealous, vindictive, and eventually even imploratory. There is no deficit in the psychological complexity of her character - daughter of the King of Egypt. Each moment is enriched with extraordinary vocal possibilities, her mere volume is very impressive, as well her colors, the vocal range - all of these dominated by technical security but always in favor of an incandescent interpretation in terms of expressivity and perspicacity.
Memorable the entire Judgement Scene, and particularly, the invectives to the High Priests ("Sacerdoti, compiste un delitto!"). This scene is the coronation of Anita Rachvelishvili's magistral skillfulness: She convinces with the spontaneity of her singing lines, which thanks to her naturally powerful and reactive voice does not need anything forced or artificial in her sound. Anita Rachvelishvili's charismatic interpretation was rewarded with very warm and well-deserved applause.
Source: https://www.apemusicale.it