"Having won plaudits in Handel and Vivaldi, Ann Hallenberg proves no less persuasive in bel canto. Just occasionally she sounds stretched in the stratosphere. But her even, gleaming tone, eloquence of phrase and fluent, never mechanical coloratura give virtually unalloyed pleasure. Nothing she does is forced or mannered. Like Marcolini, too, she is an adroit comedienne ... Few could equal her style, zest and coloratura brilliance".