The absolute standout singer was Rowena Ashby in her role as The Queen of the Night, an enormously difficult role owing both to the technical difficulty but also for how well-known it is; it is her character who sings the notoriously tricky Der Hölle Rache. Ashby pulled it off with professional aplomb.
Palatinate, 2018
Rowena Ashby, playing Tytania showed great agility and a clean tone with a good command of the musical line
Music in Durham, 2017
The quality of singing was incredible, especially in the notoriously difficult arias of the Queen of the Night (Rowena Ashby) – the vocal technique was very impressive and immensely powerful when it needed to be, reaching dizzying top Fs without a hitch.
The Bubble, 2018