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“It was Dafydd, however, who produced the standout performance with a beautifully sung interpretation, highlighted by her aria “There is a saint, they tell me,” in which she moved slowly from the back of the auditorium towards the performing area, her youthful, fresh voice confidently spinning out an alluring unaccompanied melody, in which she is eventually supported by the chorus.”
— Opera Wire
“Welsh soprano Lisa Dafydd was a cool-headed Poppea, particularly in the scene in which Poppea hides several members of the Roman army in her apartment and makes them overhear each other’s wooing of her. Dafydd enjoyed her role manipulating her male admirers, and negotiated her florid arias with agility, even tone, judicious vibrato and excellent breath control.”
— Opera Today