Azucena, Il Trovatore, G.Verdi,

theater in Lübeck 2007

(with Thomas Ruud as Manrico)

  

Foto: Tim Jelonnek

 ... All in front Veronika Waldner as Azucena and Gerard Quinn as Conte Luna. In the first Verdi-Partie of her career the mezzo-soprano performs brillantly not only with her wonderful timbre and change-capable voice. She offers an expressive representation of this in her revenge-desires of caught gypsy how one cannot experience it better also at the biggest houses. That is world class...

Jürgen Feldhoff, Lübecker Nachrichten, 30.10.2007

 

... In the center of the stage direction, Veronika Waldner (Azucena) towers above the evening also with her performance; she leads her expression-hands mezzo-soprano technically immaculately and impresses beyond the gypsy-cliche playfully. ...

 Günter Zschacke, Kieler Nachrichten, 31.10.2007

 

.. Under the musical management  of Roman Brogli-Sacher  the artists  were playing and singing again and again scene-applause, and it was above all Veronika Waldner as Azucena and Elena Pankratowa as Leonora, they big opera on the stage brought.

 Karin Lubowski, Stormarner Tagesblatt, 29.10.2007


"Il Trovatore" - grand shapes... However the most glamorous performance was the performance of the sorry-fully tested gypsy Azucena. Veronika Waldner embodied her amazingly in voice and game. The strongest applause was for her in this evening. ... 

Arndt Voss, Lübeckische Blätter Heft 19

... Also Azucena found a matching correspondence in the dim-fiery interpretation through Veronika Waldner. Few singers succeed with disregarding all drawers so easily and wide-fanned out so to bring brilliant interpretations on the stage. Shortly with her own perfektionism she gives Azucena shape between craziness and mother-love, without to lose the sight of chant-like thoroughness also only for one second, for which she is so loving from her public.

 AHS, Mittelloge.de