Concerto Jessica Pratt

The English soprano, Australian by adoption, offers her own acrobatic reading of “Un voce poco fa" from The Barber of Seville, but particularly stuns us in the rondò finale "Tace la tromba altera” from the rare Matilde di Shabran. In the presence of Rossini's writing, Pratt dominates the staff with a uniformly full control and emission: all the high notes, which frequent arrive in the very high register of sopracute, are full-bodied with warm timbre, the center of the voice is sonorous and always in focus, even during the most fast agility. This same impression one also has listening to the Cavatina of the Comtesse Adèle "En proie à la tristesse” from Le Comte Ory. On hearing the naturalness with which the artist rattles off the Rossinian embellishments, the theater explodes in unanimous approval and appreciation.