Andrea Chénier, Rome, 4/2017

 

"Maria José Siri is a guarantee and puts her musical knowledge to the service of Maddalena.”
Pierachille Dolfini, L'Avvenire

“Maria José Siri has great sensitivity, a warm and passionate voice, offers a flawless “Mamma morta” and soars in the high register with great experience.”
Luca Pellegrini, Opera

“Maddalena was portrayed by soprano Maria José Siri, with a beautiful voice rich with nuances. (…) As the evening progressed, she found a convincing interpretation allowing her to efficaciously express the character's sweetness, passion and nobility.”
Francesco Giudiceandrea, GBOpera

“Maddalena is Maria José Siri, a high quality dramatic soprano. She also received an ovation after La mamma morta.”
Giuseppe Pennisi, Il Sussidiario

“Maria José Siri is a good Maddalena di Cogny. The soprano, who has a decidedly powerful ringing full-bodied voice (…). She hit the bull's-eye as a more mature Maddalena, from the nocturnal duet with Chénier (Act II) and she shows how elegiac her voice can be, finally beginning to play more with the nuances appropriate to the role: the heart breaking aria La mamma morta is very successful, so much that it received an ovation. She magnificently closes the opera with the duet “Vicino a te s'acqueta”.
Stefano Ceccarelli, L'Ape Musicale

“Maria José Siri is a wonderful Maddalena who nearly dethrones Kunde, her singing in “on the breath” and her warm color gives her character that passion of which it is naturally imbued. Her great musical sensitivity helps her to soften her instrument in the low register, only to soar at the top. The test of La mamma morta was passed with flying colors!”
Chiara Marani, Nel fiero anelito blog

“(...) La mamma morta flowed perfectly as well as the finale...”
Roberto Cucchi, I Teatri dell'Est

“The Maddalena of Maria José Siri was extremely convincing in her interpretation, intentions and her naturally warm and passionate timbre (…) so much that at curtain calls she was bestowed numerous ovations such as at the end of the famous romanza “La mamma morta”, impeccably sung.”
Sara Feliciello e Paolo Mascari, Ieri Oggi Domani Opera

“(...) But it's from Act II on that the Uruguayan soprano plays her biggest card: her temperament. She was a Maddalena who, as the opera went on, became more and more believable, and who scored a great success in the aria La mamma morta...”
Marco Rossi, Cultura mente

“(...)  but latest after the interval she managed to ignite the full capacity of her voice. “La mamma morta,” her biggest aria was produced with consummate evenness until her soprano soared to conquer the aria’s final B-natural—a note that gives most sopranos fits.”
Fabio Andrea Rickenmann, Play to see

“Maria José Siri, appreciated at La Scala in Madama Butterfly last December 7, portrayed a scenically believable Maddalena, with a correct and precise diction. Her most awaited moment of the evening, La mamma morta,(...)  yielded passionate and sweet notes.”
Simone Ricci, Opera Libera

“Alongside them, Maria José Siri, a Maddalena of temperament, also able to elicit applauses from the audience particularly in the most touching and famous arias.”
Fabiana Raponi, Teatrionline

“Maria José Siri, Uruguayan soprano known for her Puccini roles (she was Butterfly in the latest inauguration of the Teatro alla Scala) as well as for her Verdi roles, interprets here Maddalena di Coigny with great command and self-assurance, confirming herself to be a first class singer.”
Antonello La Rocca, Roma Italia Lab

“Maria José Siri, rather shy in the first act, acquires vigor, depth and temperament from the second act on, in the role of the young Countess...”
Massimo Tucci, Fermata Spettacolo