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COSI FAN TUTTE– New York City Opera
"A strong degree of characterization emerges, abetted by the casting- a svelte hottie (the glamorous Sandra Piques Eddy) as Dorabella, as foil to a more retiring Fiordiligi (Julianna DiGiacomo). This Dorabella and her sporty Guglielmo (Kyle Pfortmiller) strike erotic sparks in their Act II duet, which proves the dramatic tipping point. At the final curtain, the director's frozen tableau, showing these two still fascinated with one another despite the apparent reconciliation of the original pairings, seemed to arise naturally from the spontaneous force of the couple's earlier fling. The performers have attractive voices to match their energetic acting, especially the assured Eddy and Pfortmiller, who dominated their scenes with aplomb."

"It was a delicacy that Rudel made into magic, vastly helped by one of those special casts of brilliant young American singers that characterize City Opera at its best."

"Sandra Piques Eddy was a nicely impetuous Dorabella with a creamy mezzo-soprano that impressed all evening. "

"The fine cast features standout performances, among others, Sandra Piques Eddy (Dorabella), the baritone Kyle Pfortmiller(Guglielmo) and the dependable James Maddalena (Don Alfonso)."

"Excellent in their own right, soprano Julianna di Giacomo (Fiorgiligi) and mezzo Sandra Piques Eddy (Dorabella) weave enchantment in their duets. Di Giacomo's moonbeam sound and Eddy's flame-flecked timbre blend into something like mother-of-pearl-voluptuous, glimmering with shadow and light. Eddy, a ravishing slip of a girl, sings with vibrant, pointed tone and acts with verve, always remaining credible as a well-bred young lady."

"Eddy stood out, however, in her debut here. With a euphonious voice combining Mozartian clarity with potency, evenness and shaping, the mezzo-soprano presented the vicissitudes of the impressionable Dorabella.  And that was just her singing.  She captured the role physically, too.  Could it be that we were actually watching a hot, steamy scene in an opera, when she slowly gives in to illicit passions for Guglielmo in disguise?  I’d say yes."

"Sandra Piques Eddy was the adorable Dorabella. The casting of these two singers (Carolyn Betty) was inspired, because their timbral qualitites were so matched they were sisters in sound."

"Each of the singers is a capable actor….Sandra Piques Eddy oozes self-confidence as Isabella the Italian girl."

COSI FAN TUTTE - Glimmerglass Opera
"Eddy, the standout in this production, possesses a silky mezzo-soprano, rich and velvety in its low register and resplendent throughout the high registers.  The depth of her acting is impressive as well, crafting a three-dimensional Dorabella, who almost immediately becomes the center of attention."

"Mezzo Piques interest of the ‘World’.   She used to belong to Boston. But opera star Sandra Piques Eddy, who cut her vocal teeth at Boston Conservatory and Boston University, now belongs to the World-literally.  A regular with the Metropolitan Opera in New York, the golden-voiced mezzo will be featured in a Jan. 21 broadcast of Mozart’s Cosi fan tutte on National Public Radio ‘World of Opera’. " 

"…Ms. Eddy’s marvelous mezzo has more heat to it."

"Eddy, showed rich tones that were strongly edged and beautifully projected."

"Sandra Piques Eddy…brandishing a lustrous, big mezzo soprano"

"In ‘Il core vi dono’, beautifully sung by Eddy, it’s clear that Dorabella is falling in love for the first time."

"Director Tim Albery had his leads well matched.  The pairing of baritone Palle Knudsen and mezzo-soprano Sandra Piques Eddy is expressive and potent as the more ready lovers.

LE NOZZE DI FIGARO - Chicago Opera Theater
"The staging put more than the usual emphasis on the Countess’ attraction to the page boy, Cherubino, sung and acted to perfection by the lustrous mezzo-soprano Sandra Piques Eddy as a callow teen at the mercy of his raging hormones.  COT really must invite Eddy back soon."

"With luck, Boston-born Sandra Piques Eddy, who brought a lithe, boyish body and a smoky, dark chocolate-tinged mezzo to the role of Cherubino, will be back in future COT seasons.  Her velvety sound is one audiences will want to hear again, even when she isn’t sporting Cherubino’s tennis racket and rakish baseball cap. "

"Sandra Piques Eddy…steals nearly every scene she is in with her winning stage presence and natural comedic skills."

"…the vocal highlight of the evening… the Voi, che sapete of Sandra Piques Eddy’s Cherubino, convincingly boyish in sweatvest and cap."

"The staging put greater than usual emphasis on the Countess’s attraction to Cherubino, in which role the rich-voiced mezzo Sandra Piques Eddy was both credible and endearing."

"Top marks go to the rest of the cast especially Sandra Piques Eddy as Cherubino, who handles the role with evident glee."

"…mezzo Sandra Piques Eddy was wonderful as Cherubino, with a ravishing account of Voi,che sapete (and looking, honestly really hot in this cross-dressing role)."

CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA - Metropolitan Opera
"Sandra Piques Eddy was a notably good, sexy, pointedly bitchy Lola."

"Lola was Sandra Piques Eddy, who had the spirit of her character-not nice-and a smokingly Italianate sound.  That sound could turn velvety as well."

LE NOZZE DI FIGARO - Los Angeles Opera
"Another find is Sandra Piques Eddy a mezzo soprano with few starring roles to her credit.  She proved an extraordinarily boyish Cherubino, fine with the high jinks and then able to stop a listener cold with her coffee-with-cream voice."

"A lithe mezzo named Sandra Piques Eddy, also new to the company, created a scene-stealing Cherubino of pure adolescent testosterone."

"Mezzo soprano Sandra Piques Eddy delighted as the perpetually amorous Cherubino."

"The mezzo soprano Sandra Piques Eddy, owner of a beautiful coloratura voice, interprets Cherubino with great agility and brazenness, necessary elements for a credible performance."

""Not far behind was the lithe, immensely appealing Cherubino, a paradigm of adolescent testosterone created by Boston born Sandra Piques Eddy."

"Sandra Piques Eddy was a boyish Cherubino with plenty of energy and a faultless legato."

"Radiant and Randy Cherubino"

"Mezzo Sandra Piques Eddy made an adorable, awkwardly adolescent Cherubino and her Voi, che sapete was utterly charming."

"With two beloved arias, the trouser role of Cherubino has always been a plum for mezzo sopranos, and a Boston native Sandra Piques Eddy assumes it enthusiastically singing well and offering a particularly convincing portrait of a young man on hormonal red alert."

L’ITALIANA IN ALGERI - Metropolitan Opera
"Sandra Piques Eddy is luxuriously rich-toned as her slave Zulma"

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