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Reviews

Joanne Roughton-Arnold’s clear, forensic and cool soprano is spellbinding, as is her mix of wifely anxiety and queenly composure, confessed with appealing frankness...

Charlotte Valori

MY THEATRE MATES

An unforgettable premiere... A superb operatic performance that deserves to be repeated throughout New Zealand.

Margot Hannigan

NELSON MAIL

But magic there was often in Roughton-Arnold's vocalising, ranging from the most delicate sliding between pitches and most hushed of consonants – jewels of musical noise in themselves – to grim violence.

Edward Bhesania

THE STAGE

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