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STANFORD ‘STABAT MATER’ - THREE CHOIRS FESTIVAL/ PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA CHURCH TIMES
“The solo quartet included Nicky Spence (on fine Heldentenor form) and the soprano Rebecca Hardwick, who crowned a series of increasingly stormy choral climaxes with a halo of bright, tingling sunlight.”
STANFORD ‘STABAT MATER’ - THREE CHOIRS FESTIVAL/ PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA. THE SPECTATOR
“Rebecca Hardwick and Angharad Rowlands were a delightful pair of bridesmaids, singing enchantingly through their ‘nervousness.’”
1ST BRIDESMAID, LE NOZZE DI FIGARO - ROYAL OPERA HOUSE MUSIC OMH
“In The Sky should come as a shock, and a delightful one… Hardwick’s wide-eyed joy and assured dramatic soprano line took on celebratory overtones of rebirth and renewal.”
STOCKHAUSEN ‘ IN THE SKY’ ★★★★★ THE ARTS DESK
“Rebecca Hardwick was an assured Isabella, easing through Rossini’s coloratura, demonstrating a sure sense of phrasing, and convincingly balancing melancholy with determination.”
ISABELLA, L’INGANNO FELICE - WEXFORD FESTIVAL OPERA OPERA TODAY
"...a fine quartet of soloists (the soprano Rebecca Hardwick, the contralto Jess Dandy, the tenor James Oxley and the bass Alex Ashworth)..."
DYSON QUO VADIS - HEREFORD CATHEDRAL/PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA ★★★★ THE TIMES
“…the soprano Rebecca Hardwick [was] particularly good in Henry Vaughan’s “Waterfall” (“Dear stream! dear bank!”), with some lovely woodwind scoring.”
DYSON QUO VADIS - THREE CHOIRS FESTIVAL/ PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA THE ARTS DESK
“An astonishing event based around Stockhausen's challenging work for just two singers… Such was the performer's consummate technical that we completely forgot that this is a technically demanding work. Both performers were fully inside the performance and created something that was truly astonishing.”
STOCKHAUSEN ‘ IN THE SKY’ ★★★★★ PLANET HUGILL
“From the vibrant lushness of the full orchestration emerged a perfect marriage of flutes and high strings, followed by the impeccable soprano (Rebecca Hardwick) floating out from the dark polyphony of the choir…”
AN ENGLISH IDYLL - HEREFORD CHORAL SOCIETY HEREFORD TIMES -
“Soprano Rebecca Hardwick playing the role of Isabella put in a confident acting performance, in which she caught the character’s changing emotional state. She also gave a lively singing presentation, in which she showed off the bright luster of voice. Her delicately crafted phrasing was used to capture her deep melancholia, which was wonderfully displayed in the opening duet with Tarabotto,”Cosa dite! Ma cosa dite.”
ISABELLA, L’INGANNO FELICE - WEXFORD FESTIVAL OPERA OPERA WIRE