“Iwona Sobotka’s recitative and aria as Seraph travelled with ease between truly hochdramatisch delivery and greater intimacy: operatic, then, in the best sense. Her coloratura glittered yet never for its own sake, put to excellent musico-dramatic use.” – Mark Berry, …
Iwona Sobotka has received great critical acclaim for her return concert at the Barbican with London Symphony Orchestra and Sir Simon Rattle, where she stars in Berg’s Lulu and Beethoven 9th Symphony. The apotheosis was reached in Iwona Sobotka’s singing …
The Dresden Philharmonic is set to open its season with a unique program led by its new chief conductor and artistic director Marek Janowski. The program will include The Four Sacred Songs by Verdi and Luigi Dallapicola’s “Canti di prigionia.” …
Iwona’s Sobotka debut at the Perth Festival in Barie Kosky’s aclaimed production of The Magic Flute has been praised widely in the media. “The woman Tamino falls desperately in love with is Pamina, sung beautifully by Soprano Iwona Sobotka on …
Iwona Sobotka was the star of the evening, her full, luscious soprano a treat to hear: her heartrending “Ach, ich fühl's” was one of the highlights of the evening.
All the singers were great and apparently enjoyed the playfulness of the staging - and in the same tame were completely serious about their vocal production. In this evenly very good cast, Iwona Sobotka still stood out: she got a well-deserved ovation at the end of the show.
