“The selection of arias that Marina Rebeka has made for her latest album concentrates on pieces in which the soprano has something to say, or rather whose textual content finds its way with subtle creative power not only into the listener’s ear, but also into their heart and mind.The trick here: slow tempi throughout, which Marco Boemi sets with the accomplished orchestra of the Wroclaw Opera Orchestra. Not that Rebeka had to concentrate on mannerisms in order to meet all demands. No, on the contrary, she succeeds in her ever more differentiated technical mastery of the lirico-spinto repertoire with all the required legati and musical lines, the sung word special liveliness and deep, sublime expression without any pressure or forcing or forcing…”
