La Clemenza di Tito (Vitellia) – Royal Opera London, May 2021

“Vitellia is sung with vituperative panache by Nicole Chevalier, setting off sparks at the high and low extremes of her voice, and acted like Bette Davis let loose in the melodrama of her dreams. It is a good thing there is not more scenery or she would have chewed it to bits.”

“but there is much to enjoy musically, especially Nicole Chevalier’s Vitellia – Chevalier is a superb Vitellia, unfailingly accurate and unfazed by the immense (nearly three octaves) span of the vocal line”

“a euphoric return – Nicole Chevalier brings exceptional eclat to the role of the ambitious Vitellia”