Selected reviews
- Singing
Vivaldi Gloria & Dvorak Mass in D
“… fine soloists….The soprano and the mezzo soprano sang beautifully, as expected, the mezzo giving the words deep meaning with the richness of her voice. ” Ely Standard
Ely Choral Society October 2023
Bach St Matthew Passion, Melbourne Recital Centre
“Lynette Alcántara brought genuine emotion to the alto solo”
Chris Boyd, The Australian
Juliette/BBC Symphony Orchestra
“…and four members of the BBC Singers for their prowess… Lynette Alcántara…”
Andrew Porter, Opera
Selene Handel- Berenice, Cambridge Handel Opera Group
“Lynette Alcántara’s agreeably resinous mezzo…”
Rodney Milnes, The Times
Schubertiade – Queen Elizabeth Hall, conductor: John Eliot Gardiner
“Alcántara also excelled in Ständchen, her pure, light and wonderfully natural style…”
Stephen Pettit, The Times
- Teaching
“The boys of King’s College Choir fully live up to their illustrious tradition and treble Tom Pickard in the ‘Pie Jesu’ sends shivers down the spine in the approved manner’. ‘The ‘Messe Basse’ is an absolute delight, the trebles Joshua Curtis and Adam Banwell matching their colleague in radiance of tone.’
Voices of radiance . A review of our Fauré Requiem disk by Roger Nichols.
“the treble soloist in the Pie Jesu, Tom Pickard, is so good I feel guilty already for not playing it to you”. Andrew McGregor on BBC Radio 3’s CD Review