Reviews

"Soprano Regina Zona turns in splendid performances in all songs. She adapts to the chameleonic character of the songs with seeming ease, never missing a dramatic turn or falling short on a vocal challenge. Indeed, she hits the plentiful high notes with confidence and portrays the characters here with an unerring sense for their emotional state."

Robert Cummings, www.classical.net
Review of "Connection: Three Song Cycless of Jake Heggie", Naxos American Classics

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"Regina Zona, soprano, and David Oliver, piano...opened the second half of the program with a dramatic interpretation of the first three lieder from the “Vier Letzte Lieder” by Richard Strauss. Ms. Zona’s phrasing was superb, equally matched by clarity of diction and wonderful intonation. She captured the character of each lied, supplying a wealth of vocal coloring and nuance."

Kevin Hampton, GMTA Newsletter
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Queen of the Night

"From her first hypnotizing entrance (Ms. Zona as the Queen of the Night) never failed to portray the embodiment of unrepentant deception. And that, considering the coloratura vocal requirements, was no easy task. When the hard parts come most sopranos just set their feet and belt away. Not Zona. She kept her character throughout.”

Steven Cornelius, Toledo Blade
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“Regina Zona stole the show in the second-act Cafe Momus scene with her brilliant soprano and outrageously seductive characterization of Musetta, Marcello’s ex-lover.”

Florence Fisher, Sarasota Herald-Tribune

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"The absolute rapture of the evening...was Regina Zona's interpretation of the aria, "Casta Diva", from Vincenzo Bellini's Norma. Considered one of the most difficult pieces in the soprano repertoire, ....Zona's performance took my breath away. Her subtle manipulations of delicate longing, combined with agonizing energies in desperate and maddening crescendos, fused to paint a believable picture of the tormented and distraught Temple Prophetess, Norma..."

Teresa Watson, Rome News

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“Regina Zona had tone to spare as Musetta; this was a multicoloured vocal portrait, filled with compelling nuances.”

Tim Smith, Opera Magazine
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Donna Anna

 


"Regina Zona displays her fine acting skills in her recitative and heroic aria “Or sai chi l’onore,”...Her piano reading of what can be an unremittingly forte aria is intriguing, and the edge she gets in her upper register in fortissimo passages only adds to the drama.”

Ruth O. Bigham, Star-Bulletin

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“Regina Zona’s “Glitter and Be Gay” from Leonard Bernstein’s “Candide” was nothing short of sensational. The aria is a tour de force, anyway, but the diva was magnificent.”

Naomi Donson, Sarasota Herald-Tribune
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Queen of the Night 2

 

“...Regina Zona, the soprano singing the Queen of the Night, made some virtuoso points in her two arias. She attacked the climactic notes accurately and sang with something approaching fury.”

 

Daniel Webster, Philadelphia Inquirer


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"As the queen, Regina Zona turns Mozart's long wordless vocal passages into wonderful flights of evil intensity."

Lew Prince, River Front Times

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“...Regina Zona scaled those formidable heights with a brilliantly ringing sound and tonal accuracy on those repeated high F’s. Her commanding presence and sweeping gestures added authority to the part.”

Florence Fisher, Sarasota Herald-Tribune