Rachel Nicholls sings stunning Isolde
23.06.15Rachel Nicholls has received critical acclaim for her first Isolde, in Longborough Festival Opera’s new production of Tristan und Isolde which opened this month:
Rachel Nicholls, tackling her first Isolde with pinpoint tone and unflagging vocal commitment, picks up where she left off as Brünnhilde two years ago… this is a formidable achievement’
Martin Kettle, The Guardian, June 15 2015
‘The soprano Rachel Nicholls is a remarkable Isolde. She ignores the icy sovereignty of older interpreters, preferring a moving hesitancy, working out how to seduce, how to love and, finally, how to die.’
David Allen, The New York Times, June 17 2015
‘Rachel Nicholls, Brünnhilde in Longborough’s 2013 Ring, had matching intensity and heart as Isolde: an ideal pairing.’
Fiona Maddocks, The Observer, June 21 2015
‘The soprano Rachel Nicholls’s development from a bright-toned Handelian to a young Wagnerian of stamina and clarity has been exciting to observe.’
Anna Picard, The Times, June 15 2015
‘Rachel Nicholls makes a gamine Isolde…….fully engaged and vocally authoritative, rising to a movingly rapturous Liebestod.’
Rupert Christiansen, The Telegraph, June 17 2015
This follows her success as Brünnhilde in Longborough’s Ring. She will sing further performances of Tristan und Isolde at the Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe next season, where she is also scheduled to sing Sieglinde in 2016/17.