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• Queen Sonja Competition 2023

  Oslo, Norway

  Aug 2023

  • ... The result was almost a given. For the kind of stage presence, excess and charm that first prize winner Jasmin White brought to the market square in Bjørvika on Saturday evening, one will have to look for a long time. You could see it as soon as they entered the podium - cheerful and full of energy with clothes, hairstyle and jewelry that led the mind in the direction of Aïda . Their voice ... was deep, soft and powerful in their expressive and dramatic performances ... And when the award ceremony was completed with another round of Semele, a slight grimace showed the humor that always seemed to be lurking and caused the audience to burst into laughter. We can hope that the first prize will bring them to Norway before too long.

    • Klassisk Musikk
    • 01 August 2023

• Queen Sonja Competition 2023

  Oslo, Norway

  Aug 2023

  • We have been looking for a winner who has the complete package.’ And no other singer managed that feat with the same commitment as White did. The Oregon-native was fierce and poised in both pieces, their powerful voice cutting clearly into the hall with clarity of sound and diction. They might have been standing in front of an orchestra, but as an audience member, you could feel the scenes they were inhabiting. The other singers in the competition all managed their own immersive moments, but no one quite managed to sustain you in their dramatic world quite like White did.

    • OperaWire
    • 01 August 2023