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  27 Feb 19 MUSSORGSKY Khovanshchina
  Teatro alla Scala

  “Marfa is a multi-layered character, informed by an interesting backstory. (…) It is a role requiring a singing actress who is able to bring depth to a character, and for this production it fell to the mezzo-soprano, Ekaterina Semenchuk. Hers is versatile voice indeed, and with such a colorful palette, especially in the lower register. She crafted a nuanced reading in which she managed to depict both Marfa’s inner strength, and the emotional torment caused by Andrey’s casual disregard for her, and almost alone among the numerous characters, with the exception of Emma, she is a decent person, who tries to follow a righteous path. It was an expressive performance in which her detailed phrasing uncovered the complexities of her character.”

  Alan Neilsen, Operawire, March 2019

  “(…) the towering personality of Ekaterina Semenchuk, an outstanding Marfa, whose sumptuous voice utterly mastered the demanding score.”

  Silvia Luraghi, The Opera Critic, March 2019

  ” In the excellent female cast the ardent Marfa of Ekaterina Semenchuk was particularly acclaimed by the audience (…)”

  Renato Verga, Bachtrack, March 2019

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  29 Jan 19 BERLIOZ Les Troyens
  Opéra de Paris Bastille

  “(…) Semenchuk, at the end, was without doubt the greatest Dido I’ve witnessed.”

  NPW Paris, February 2019

  “Brandon Jovanovich and Ekaterina Semenchuk also bring a new colour to the royal couple with soft lyrical sweetness that taps into their sensitivities and their past suffering, very much humanising the characters in line with Tcherniakov’s direction and purpose”

  Opera Journal, February 2019