MIREILLE NOVEMBER 2011

SOPRANO GIVES GOUNOD A LITTLE EXTRA STAR QUALITY

"But what lifted the evening to another plane and earns it a fourth star was the remarkable performance by South African soprano Sally Silver in the title role.....With effortlessly pure tuning, bright and fluently produced tone, a full and easy top register, warmly musical phrasing and clean enunciation of the text, she offered first-class singing by any standards....she is distinctly superior in vocal artistry...I'd be putting Sally Silver on my A-list  " The Telegraph

"Orlando was musically stunning with fantastic singing from Sally Silver" The Herald

"Sally Silver as  Angelica was dazzling and stylish" The Telegraph

"She delivered the most memorable notes of the evening" The Independent

"Sally Silver's flamboyant  Angelica shows enormous flair" The Stage

"It was refreshing to hear a substantial voice negotiating baroque turns of phrase" Financial Times

"The finest turn of the evening was Sally Silver's Angelica.Her fulsome, rich voice soaring above the stave and providing the right amount of noble colour to a character who isn't exactly sympathetic" Seen and Heard