““ Her physical commitment is total. She plays, lives and inhabits the music as much as her role. Her body and face are remarkably adaptable and expressive. The pirouettes, pranks and emotions follow each another with fluidity. The high points are overwhelming, and at the same time, she fulfils her role as conductor with panache. ””

““ We know the many skills of Barbara Hannigan, a soprano with a vast and varied repertoire, with a focus mainly on music of the last century. A complete actress with a very physical stage presence, and also a conductor - and has always been so since her very remarkable debut. ””

““ ...won over by the immediacy, commitment, and technical excellence of the performance. Simple, yet startlingly effective. “”

““The Canadian soprano does not act, but literally lives through Francis Poulenc’s monodrama “La voix humaine”. …a whole orchestra becomes the direct expression of the emotional world of an existentially injured woman.””

““...from beginning to end, immerses us in ... an all-encompassing and unprecedented musical and expressive control...an utopia of voice, sound and gesture which - far from being a mere acrobatics - re-proposes and updates the ancient suggestion of the Gesamtkunstwerk as performance.””

““ Hannigan is a phenomenon of our time “”

“ The result is impressive, intense and enveloping. ””

““Here, Hannigan turns herself into a bird, gymnast, dancer and boxer as she also organically incorporates her conducting into her choreography....an incomparable performance”

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““Hannigan resembles a sorceress, with curling movements of her fingers, wrists, forearms and finally her entire arms, long and sinewy, she stirs the thick, plaintive mush from voice to voice, layer upon layer.””