Category: Reviews

“Areyzaga had many opportunities to shine and she took them firmly in hand. In a 2001 work by American composer Mark Zuckerman — “Ménagerie” — she was an apt story-teller, [...]

“Michelle Areyzaga was the standout, her high soprano–and exemplary diction–soaring in her solo moments as the blind man’s mother. […] The finest moments were once again provided by Areyzaga’s sensitive and [...]

"...intelligently and sensitively sung by soprano Michelle Areyzaga ... captured the pointillist essence of Beckett’s language; and Areyzaga’s robust singing in “Roundelay” was colored with gentle commentary from the flute [...]

“The highlight of the first half was Max Reger’s breathtakingly lovely “Maria Wiegenlied”, or Mary’s Cradle Song. Areyzaga, the soprano, sang it beautifully.” —Mary Kunz Goldman – The Buffalo News, [...]

“Michelle Areyzaga’s bright luminous soprano made the most of her opportunities with lovely singing in the Lux aeterna.” —Lawrence Johnson – Chicago Classical Review, November 9, 2014 (Soloist with the [...]

“. . . the choir, orchestra, and two soloists rendered it spectacularly.” —Gene Harris – Richmond Times Dispatch, October 19, 2014 (Soloist in Mahler’s “Resurrection” Symphony No. 2)

“. . . a richly sonorous soprano, Michelle Areyzaga in that finale.” —Clarke Bustard – Instant Encore/Letter V, October 18, 2014 (Soloist in Mahler’s “Resurrection” Symphony No. 2)

“Soprano Michelle Areyzaga offered some lovely vocal performances, starting with J.S. Bach’s “Ich esse mit Freuden” from Cantata No. 84, in which she found the joy the composer captured so [...]

“Guitarist Rene Izquierdo and soprano Michelle Areyzaga delighted and surprised the audience in their performance, part of the Tucson Desert Song Festival presented by the Tucson Guitar Society, featured with [...]

“Baritone Michael Cavalieri as The Announcer, Newell and much-admired area soprano Michelle Areyzega as the Young Lovers, and another tenor-soprano pair, John Concepcion and Catalina Cuervo as The Admirers, are [...]