Il trovatore, Wiener Staatsoper, September 2017

 

"Maria José Siri is versatile, too. The soprano from Uruguay was Tosca last time she sang at the Staatsoper. At the season opening of La Scala last year (and soon in Vienna) she sang Butterfly: So she possesses enough power reserves for the many passages in which Verdi forces his Leonora beyond the demands of the Belcanto into more dramatic regions. She is also able to curb her voice in a disciplined way. ... her arias all result exquisitely - and in the "Miserere" as well as in the final scenes Siri finds to a - not only considering her lover's stupid lack of understanding - striking poignancy."
Wilhelm Sinkovicz, Die Presse 

“And Leonora? Maria José Siri by no means gave the impression that she was jumping in. She was so confident that she did not need to shun the comparison with big names. She sang and acted so smoothly and expressively that it would be conceivable that you could forget to click on continuing the subtitles while listening.”
Daniel Ender, Der Standard

“Replacing an indisposed Netrebko, Maria José Siri sang Leonora: Cultivated, with beautiful phrasing, secure high notes and very touching. She is anything but a second choice.”
Kurier