REVIEWS

“What followed, tinged with hints of a natural-sounding Baker-Ferrier vibrato, was sparkling, buoyant, engaging… her dynamic range, and imagination, seemed more impressive than her colleagues'. She can surprise you. Most importantly, her voice evinced a love and tenderness towards the music…”
Messiah / St George’s, Hanover Square / The Independent

“What followed, tinged with hints of a natural-sounding Baker-Ferrier vibrato, was sparkling, buoyant, engaging… her dynamic range, and imagination, seemed more impressive than her colleagues'. She can surprise you. Most importantly, her voice evinced a love and tenderness towards the music…”
Messiah / St George’s, Hanover Square / The Independent

" - with Leigh the brighter and more agile, ending on a wonderfully controlled trill..."
Operatunity Winners / EMI Classics / The Guardian

"The quality of her voice which makes it special is its ethereal clarity, which comes across well in the Bach and Handel..."
Pie Jesu / EMI Classics / Opera Today

"Hers is an amazing voice. It has power, it has a huge range, it is beautiful. Her technique is excellent: she's able to ornament her lines as need be. Trills, for instance, are not inaccurate warbles but spot-on notes."
Recital / Chester Summer Music Festival / Daily Post

"Soprano, Denise Leigh, winner of Channel 4's Operatunity in 2001, delighted the audience with a varied selection of arias by Handel, Puccini and Lehar. Denise has a polished technique, but few could fail to have been moved by the emotion in her performance, clearly coming straight from the heart."
A Musical Spectacular / Ten Tors Orchestra / Plymouth Evening Herald