Messa da Requiem, Berliner Philharmonie, 1/2017

 

"Soprano María José Siri’s lush timbre was an ideal counterweight to Zanellato’s earthy bass in “Rex tremendae majestatis”. She was fierce but pious in “Libera me”, melting together with the chorus on the final, dying lines."
Rebecca Schmid, The Financial Times

“ (…) the powerful, but even so not less expressive soprano Maria José Siri (…)”
Carsten Niemann, Der Tagesspiegel

“ Soprano Maria José Siri finds in the conclusive “Libera me” the declamatory freedom which coherently places this famous piece squarely in the style between cathedral and theatre, between rigid ceremony and dynamic individualism."
Matthias Nöther, Berliner Morgenpost

“ ...while soprano Maria José Siri knows how combine radiance and emotional warmth.”
Sascha Krieger, Stage and Screen

“The only one among the soloists who caught and conveyed such feelings, sang the text and not just the (musical) colors was the magnificent Maria José Siri, who has just triumphed at La Scala as Madama Butterfly.
Siri has a dark timbre which in the Berlin Requiem she flaunted in all its effectiveness and beauty, with an extremely elegant low register above all, but also in its middle register, where her voice feels at ease. Her high notes are true beams. She completely captured the almost theatrical dramatic character of the Verdi work. The Berlin Requiem was grandiose thanks to Maria Josè Siri and her personality expressed in her singing.”
Natalia Di Bartolo, Opera e Opera