Emma Bell

IDOMENEO - English National Opera (2010)

"Bell is thrilling"
The Guardian, Tim Ashley (21 June 2010)

"And when Electra enters like an avenging fury - soprano Emma Bell, a consummate drama-queen in the best sense of the word - we know exactly who we are dealing with:  her wine's off, she doesn't like her food, nothing's good enough for this spoilt boardroom princess...Bell creates something extraordinary out of her luscious expectant "Idol mio" aria, teasing and arousing a young waiter the while"
The Independent. Michael Church (21 June 2010)

"Emma Bell excelled in Electra's more reflective music"
The Telegraph, Rupert Christiansen (21 June 2010)

LE NOZZE DI FIGARO - Metropolitan Opera, New York (2009)

"Her ‘Porgi amor benefited from her warm tone and shapely phrasing … in Dove sono, her gracefully shaped dynamics, including a heavenly pianissimo in the repeated section, yielded one of the evening’s most moving moments. (Another was her beautifully paced appearance in the final scene.)”
The New York Times, Allan Kozinn (24 September 2009)


IDOMENEO - Barbican Hall, London (May 2008)

"Emma Bell's fuming Elettra was magnificent.  Torrentially powerful, brilliantly incisive, she cooed like a dove in her brief moment of hope, but then, in a stunning last aria, became the very embodiment of the scorned woman like whom hell hath no fury"
The Times, Richard Morrison (16 May 2008)

"Emma Bell's more full-bodied tone, still capable of breath-catching nuances, was ideal for the vengeance-wreaking Elettra"
This Is London, The Entertainment Guide, Barry Millington (15 May 2008)