SARAH
DEFRISE
Musician of the Year 2022
Belgian Press Prize
© MARIE-CLEMENCE DAVID
“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.
" Spectacular tops !
Stunning performer ! "
Tribune de Genève
" 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
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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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