l’elisir d’amore at staatstheater darmstadt
“Adina is ravishingly embodied by Juliana Zara. Zara lets her focused soprano voice flatter, glitter and shine according to all the rules of the art of seduction. She convincingly and movingly transforms the flighty love fugitive into a being deeply in love who has to capitulate to the overwhelming power of her own feelings.”
“Juliana Zara shines as Adina.
There was even an extra round of applause for her octopus skirt with tentacles.”
“The soloist roles are also ideally cast, with the soprano Juliana Zara, a highly expressive Lulu by Alban Berg in Darmstadt last season,
now a completely relaxed bel canto singer as Adina…”
“Juliana Zara as Adina is in no way inferior to the tenor in the audience’s favor, effortlessly serving up her coloratura lines with a clear soprano voice…”
LES CONTES D‘HOFFMANN AT STAATSTHEATER DARMSTADT
“… from the razor-sharp coloratura, which Juliana Zara underpins with grotesquely exaggerated movements of the puppet Olympia…”
“Juliana Zara is a grandiose Olympia…”
“A highly virtuosic performance in sky blue was delivered by Juliana Zara as Olympia. While the (nightmarish)-dream woman sings her breakneck coloratura, she moves with grotesquely twisted limbs.”
MYSTERIES OF THE MACABRE IN WUPPERTAL
“The excellently agile Juliana Zara, who was vocally confident even in the highest heights, enchanted the audience with “Mysteries of the Macabre.”
Frenetic applause was the result, so much that there was an encore before the break.
With the aria “Glitter and be Gay” and her radiant coloratura, she completely captivated the audience, who thanked her again with long applause.”
“In Ligeti’s “Mysteries of the Macabre”, it’s taken to the extreme by Juliana Zara, who’s gone off the rails, theatrically, clownishly and with unrestrained energy, she exceeds everything that characterizes a normal performance with an orchestra. Juliana offers a brilliant singing and acting performance and is met with storms of enthusiasm.”
lulu at staatstheater Darmstadt
“The brilliant… Juliana Zara, whose soprano sounds glassy clear, high, pure and at the same time completely unstrained, plays a terrifically noncommittal Lulu who is nevertheless devoted, in that uniquely Lulu-like way. So unbelievably youthful, fit and without exaltation, she conquers the role and she does so until the end, without any tiredness that so often characterizes the role. ”
“Juliana Zara is the ideal vocal choice for the title role [of Lulu] . Slender, fluid and confidently setting the top notes, Zara commands the vocal quicksilver essential to the character.”
“Above all, Juliana Zara in the title role proves her central part in extreme complexity. She succeeds, despite a permanent onstage presence, to keep a secret.
Vocally, the young Californian soprano is an ideal choice because, in addition to her stage presence, she possesses the certainty in the extreme high notes that Berg expressly demands. Thus Zara maintains the desirable fascination of Lulu in the second part of the opera as well, embodying Lulu’s descent with dissecting sharpness and clarity. ”
“For Zara, it is a highlight of her young career. For years, the soprano has been dealing with this complex part, with this dazzling character, you can feel it in every moment.
She spreads a fantastic spectrum of vocal colors and expression: Seductive oaths with velvety soft timbre, the ecstatic top notes clear and electrifying when her Lulu sings the misery of the soul.”
“Simply magnificent... Juliana sings this insane role with an ease that is very impressive... She plays the ambivalent Lulu very convincingly, sometimes very fragile, then again very antagonistic, and all this in this small space, on this pedestal that is maybe a good metre long. That was really incredible to watch. ”
DON GIOVANNI at Staatstheater Darmstadt
“Zara sings a silvery, refined Zerlina, but can also bring forth [in her] a great sadness.”
“Juliana Zara also masters the character of Zerlina, often wrongly devalued as a supporting role, and dominates the stage... ”
“The singers enhance the way Mozart uses his musical means, how the three women are annoyed by the Don Giovanni in principle, and yet get excited with their eyes wide open: …Juliana is the most modern, active and youthful Zerlina.”
ORIGINAL GROOVES WITH OPERCUSSION, NAXOS
“‘Gracias a la vida’, ravishingly and ardently sung by Juliana Zara...”
New Year’s Gala Tour with Hofer Symphoniker
“A great delight... Juliana Zara’s pure soprano shines and effortlessly climbs into the highest of the highs. With “Heut hab’ ich ein Schwipserl” she shows that she also has comedic talent. ”
DER KAISER VON ATLANTIS
with BR Klassik, Naxos
“As the bob-haired Bubikopf, the lively soprano Juliana Zara shines as a ray of hope.”
“The cast are uniformly strong… and Juliana Zara and Johannes Chum make ardent battlefield lovers.”
Unerhört! Lili Boulanger Recital
“Juliana Zara... sang “Clairières dans le ciel” with dramatic expression, an enchanting voice, gently trembling, blooming into a cry.”
Schön ist die Welt
at the Bayerische Staatsoper
BR-Klassik’s Operetta Frog Award
“Juliana Zara (Opera Studio) and Manuel Günther (Ensemble) shine as a comedic pair, as if operetta was part of the National Theatre’s core business.”
singularity
at the Bayerische staatsoper
“The truly sensational ensemble work of the eight singers of the Opera Studio: Andres Agudelo, Eliza Boom, Andrew Hamilton, Theodore Platt, Daria Proszek, George Vîrban, Juliana Zara and Yajie Zhang sing their difficult roles with effortless ease and with the finesse of a specialized vocal ensemble for new music.”
Mignon
At the Bayerische Staatsoper
“The breakneck devilry is best expressed in the aria ‘Je suis Titania’ in the second act, which is filled to the highest degree with coloratura. Juliana Zara brings blazing fire to the evening, even in the brief moment of this aria.”
“...the sensual Philine, who, thanks to Juliana Zara, drives him into his head and body with her virtuoso, thoroughly erotic coloratura singing.”
COME TI PIACE: Norina
AT The Bayerische Staatsoper
“Juliana Zara and Theodore Platt sing the most beautiful negotiation, the best intrigue of the evening. The two are mischievous, perky, and scheming.”
“Juliana Zara’s soprano is graceful and slips easily into the highest heights.”
MONDAY CONCERT: RIHM’S OPHELIA SINGS
AT THE BAYERISCHE STAATSOPER
“Juliana Zara can glide effortlessly up to the heights with her coloratura-assured soprano, or dab right there and laugh down from above. Her lively facial expressions make the rather impersonal songs unexpectedly appealing.”