Eurydice @ Boston Lyric Opéra

“…and soprano Sydney Mancasola were ideal choices for the leading roles of Orpheus and Eurydice. …Mancasola was nothing short of outstanding in the title role. She has a firmly focused, soprano instrument that soared over the orchestra. Not only did she negotiate the technical demands of the complex music to perfection, but she sang the role with nuance and temperament.” -Ed Tapper edgemedianetwork.com

“The singing was mostly excellent, with Sydney Mancasola the standout. She sang the role of Eurydice with devastating assurance, tossing off the role’s angular vocal flourishes with aplomb. Yet her tone imbued each line with the appropriate pathos — her aria at the end of Act 2 palpably conveyed the emotional despair of loving someone whose mind is always on something else.” -Aaron Keebaugh artsfuse.org

“As delivered by BLO newcomer Sydney Mancasola, a soprano with a sublime and expressive instrument, Eurydice’s arias were a month the most dramatically effective and emotionally affecting segments of the evening.” -A.Z. Madonna The Boston Globe

“Sydney Mancasola met the vocal challenges of the title role, with its high Ds, with verve and aplomb. The crystalline quality in her voice contrasted to great effect with the warm, burnished tones of Mark S Doss as her father. Their exchanges were a vocal highlight.” -Kevin Wells bachtrack.com

“Sydney Mancasola delivered the high-lying title role with aplomb. Singing with silvery tone, even projection, a big dynamic range, and miraculously precise intonation, her Eurydice was wholly sympathetic. In particular, Mancasola imbued her character’s two big arias—the first articulating the challenges of loving an artist and the second a letter to Orpheus’s future wife— with touching pathos.” -Jonathan Blumhafer Boston Classical Review