Manon Lescaut, Génève, 3/2017

 

“The Uruguyan soprano develops a beautiful vocal dexterity throughout the opera and deeply examines an interpretattion carried by a carnal voice on an intelligently modulated singing. (...) Her sensational high notes and the warmth of her singing are overwhelming.”
Sylvie Bonier, Le Temps

“Attentive to the weight of each note and each word, able to spread new light on some replies such as “Voler del padre mio” or “Una fanciulla povera son io” al primo atto, the young Uruguayan soprano – an intense Amelia (Un ballo in maschera) at La Monnaie in Brussels two years ago, perfectly masters the conversation in music of Act II, her technique furthermore allowing her to sing in one breath the first phrase of “In quelle trine morbide”. Regarding the famous and devastating final aria, “Sola perduta abbandonata”, it is interpreted with the resources of an exceptional technique and sensitivity which often prompted the audience's enthusiasm”
Emmanuel Andrieu, Opera Online

«Maria José Siri, young Uruguayan soprano, at the dawn of a well started career (Mimi, Tatiana, Tosca, Aïda, Butterfly, Leonora, Amelia) on the greatest international stages, is gifted with a large, wide-ranging and deep voice, with a beautiful low register on an opulent middle register, and with an easy top, allowing herself the pianissimos or fortissimos according to the expressive requirements, with remarkable ease and dexterity. She is able to interpret all the nuances of the character, from her initial lightness to the determined woman in love, through an absolute and pure feeling, which will be felt immersed into the scorching passion with which Des Grieux wraps her until the end. The two arias, the two hits: “In quelle trine morbide” and “Sola perduta abbandonata” are splendidly sung and transmit their emotional charge to a meditative and moved audience.”
Joël Heuillon, Olyrix.com

«... the Manon of Maria José Siri, gifted with a well shaped and round voice and homogeneous and well controlled delivery (...)”
Claudio Poloni, Concerto.net