Arias for Marietta Marcolini : Rossini's first muse

"Marietta Marcolini ... created five role for Rossini between 1811 and 1814 ... I add some [praise] for Hallenberg. Her voice is flowing and controlled, rippling fluently and fearlessly through the fioriture with the best".

"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".