REVIEWS

“The deliciously syncopated contralto aria from No 30, sung with poise by Wilke te Brummelstroete and graced by playing of magical delicacy from the EBS, had me reaching for the repeat button.”
Bach: Cantatas – Volume 1 / SDG CD / Gramophone

“The best soloist was Wilke te Brummelstroete.  It was a pity that
Bach wrote so little for her in these cantatas”
Bach: Cantatas / Monteverdi Choir / De Telegraaf

“…Wilke te Brummelstroete is rewarding in her “Konnen Tranen meiner Wangen”…”
St Matthew Passion / Philips CD / Gramophone

“This superb voice gave us a sensitive interpretation, lively and playful in ‘Villanelle, then very moving in “Au cimitière.”
Les Nuits d’Été / Festival du Pays d’Ans / Sud Ouest

"Dutch mezzo Wilke te Brummelstroete sang Ruggiero with an amazing ability of transformation: her voice like pearls in the coloratura; with great strength and power in the dramatic parts; melting sweet again in the heavenly sung aria Verdi Prati".
Ruggiero: Alcina / Göttingen Festival / Opernwelt

“Very happy was the choice of Wilke te Brummelstroete who sang the castrato role with bravure.  She enchanted with breathtaking coloraturas and rendering vigour”.
Teseo: Arianna in Creta / Göttingen Festival / Deutsches Allgemeine

"In her leading role of Teseo the Dutch mezzo Wilke te Brummelstroete wielded a warm and pliant voice completely unfazed by the bravura of such show-stopping numbers as 'Salda quercia" and aria di furore 'Qui ti sfido, o mostro infame' as Teseo prepares to do combat with the Minotaur".
Teseo: Arianna in Creta / Göttingen Festival / Opera

"The score is full of beautiful things and the singing of te Brummelstroete (as Tirinto) particularly. Her lovely voice made it regretable that Händel gave the show stop-aria to Imeneo and not to her!"
Tirinto: Imeneo / Opera Ireland / The Sunday Times

"Wilke te Brummelstroete has an attractively burnished mezzo voice and she made the most of the widely varying moods of Jephtha's wife Storge".
Storge: Jephtha / Göttingen Festival / Andante

"Mezzo-soprano Wilke te Brummelstroete brought richly colored vocalism and an almost unbearable air of pathos to the part of Storge.”
Storge: Jephtha / Philharmonia Baroque / San Francisco Chronicle

“….it was Dutch mezzo-soprano Wilke te Brummelstroete who stole the show in a thrilling local debut that combined vocal brilliance with pure theatrical panache.  She handled the double assignment of Juno and Semele’s lovestruck sister Ino with fiery  energy and melting lyricism, respectively, and she did more than anyone else to give the proceedings some operatic zest”.
Ino – Juno / Semele / Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra / San Francisco Chronicle

"Superlatives are called to describe the artistry of mezzo Wilke te Brummelstroete who brought an unfailing sense of style to all three of her roles(Fortuna, Melanto, Anfinomo). In Melanto's paean to love she mesmerised with the beauty of her tone with mezza voce that simply ravished the ear"
Il ritorno d’Ulisse / La Monnaie on tour in South Africa / Pretoria News

“As Minerva, the excellent Wilke te Brummelstroete lit up the stage most effectively, with her searing mezzo-soprano, crisp enunication and strong presence.”
Minerva: Il ritorno d’Ulisse / De Nederlandse Opera / Opera Today

“Dutch mezzo Wilke te Brummesltroete was a truly regal Dido, singing her music gloriously….”
Dido: Dido and Aeneas / Irish Chamber Orchestra / The Sunday Tribune

“She made all sorrows beautifully perceptible with her powerful mezzo…”
Verdi: Requiem / Holland Symfonia / De Telegraaf