Category: Reviews

Michelle Areyzaga's Pamina would be a credit to any stage, completely luscious in sound, sensitively projected amid the Center's good acoustics. —Richard Covello - Chicago Tribune - Feb 2, 2004

The Singing is sublime. Soprano Michelle Areyzaga, playing the princess, Pamina, has a lovely, lovely voice. —Leah A. Zelde - Lerner Newspapers Chicago - Jan 28, 2004

Michelle Areyzaga, a bell-toned beauty from Chicago, filled in with only three days' notice. She bonded readily with tenor David Ossenfort, singing American, French and Spanish songs; she tossed the tenor a rose in a seductive, Carmenesque song by Fernando Obradors. Areyzaga possess a supple responsive voice and charisma. Her stage presence never waned, her [...]

The cast of performers were very talented, especially the extraordinary Michelle Areyzaga as Susanna… —Al Bresloff - La Raza - August 2002 (Susanna in Le Nozze di Figaro (Chicago)

Michelle Areyzaga, lyric soprano, selected three beautiful arias including 'Je suis encore tout etourdie' from Jules Massenet's opera, Manon, 'Rejoice Greatly O Daughter of Zion,' from Händel's Messiah, and 'Juliet's Lament,' from Dr. Lee Hoiby's unpublished opera, Romeo and Juliet. It was evident that her voice was really one of the most beautiful heard throughout [...]

Playing Sophie, the younger sister of Charlotte, soprano Michelle Areyzaga sang with delicate grace, which allowed her character's youthful innocence to emerge as an effective foil to her sister's all-consuming passion. —Rohit Mahajan - The Weekend Edition Reporter/Progress - March 2002 (Sophie in Werther (Chicago)

For Chicago music lovers, one of the most valuable gifts from the William Ferris Chorale over the past 30 years has been its annual concert focusing on contemporary composers. The chorale's customary warm, big sound filled the church … soprano Michelle Areyzaga in Menotti's ecstatic Muero Porque No Muero cut through the space with laser-like [...]

…There was also the pleasure of hearing impressive young voices. Of three solo singers, Michelle Areyzaga had the most demanding role, and carried it out with distinction… Areyzaga appeared in Menotti's setting of "Muero Porque No Muero," a prayerful poem by St. Teresa of Avila. Her affinity for Spanish culture is clear, and this poem [...]

AREYZAGA-SHAAK CONCERT DISPLAYS VOCAL CHARMS OF SPAIN, AMERICA You might guess from her name that soprano Michelle Areyzaga would have an affinity for Spanish music. The guess would be right, but hardly adequate. In her recital titled "Songs of Spain and America," Areyzaga clearly reveled in the songs of four Spanish composers. She not only [...]

Casilda, deftly acted and beautifully sung by soprano Michelle Areyzaga. —Dorothy Andries - Pioneer Press - June 2000 (Casilda in The Gondoliers- Light Opera Works)