Category: Reviews

"...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 and viola." —Tim Sawyier - Chicago Classical Review, March 2, 2015 (Soloist with Contempo)

“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, December 12, 2014 (Soloist with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra)

“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 Chicago Master Singers and Ars Viva Symphony)

“. . . 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 well. Her biggest triumph was found in songs by Ralph Vaughn Williams: three selections from Blake Songs (1957) and three more from “Along the Field [...]

“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 a program of French and Spanish music. Ms. Areyzaga’s voice was mesmerizing as the duo performed Villa-Lobos’ ‘Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5’. Mr. Izquierdo’s fingers seemed [...]

“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 all super …” —Andrew Patner – The Chicago Sun-Times, November 22, 2013 (Soloist in Gustavo Leone’s “Absurdopera”)

“The soprano soloist, Michelle Areyzaga, blossomed from the choral sound organically and beautifully.” —Tim Christiansen – The Chicago Classical Review, May 18, 2013 (Soloist with Lake Forest Symphony)

“Michelle Areyzaga demonstrated an appealing, expressive soprano in Berg’s ‘Seven Early Songs’….” —Vivien Schweitzer – The New York Times, March 12, 2013 (Soloist with Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center)