REVIVAL OF LADY MACBETH OF MTSENSK AT THE OPERA FRANKFURT

“Aile Asszonyi is a phenomenal singer-actress […] with musical precision she makes every twist credible and emotionally haunting with her highly dramatic soprano.”

(Der Opernfreund)

“Her Ismailova is a strong and sensitive woman, not a monster. Vocally, she masters this role with impressive sovereignty. […] A powerful and highly dramatic production, which received intense applause at the end.”

(Kulturfreak)

“Katerina by Aile Asszonyi: acting-wise and vocally a brilliant performance. […] All these mood swings can be heard in the large, well-projected voice of the Estonian soprano, who has already infatuated the Frankfurt opera audience multiple times.”

(Klassik Begeistert)

ELEKTRA AT THE OPERA FRANKFURT

“the purest, most beautiful singing”

(FAZ)

“a psychologically sophisticated one-woman show for the grandiose, flawless voice of Aile Asszonyi”

(SWR2)

“deeply moving thanks to the brilliant Estonian soprano”

(BR Klassik)

“a great singer-actress […] shattering expressiveness”

(Allgemeine Zeitung)

“there could hardly have been a more suitable singer”

(Musik Heute)

“a triumph for Aile Asszonyi […] an enormous voice and enthralling acting”

(HR2)

ELEKTRA AT THE TIROLER LANDESTHEATER INNSBRUCK

“a grandiose protagonist […] a highly dramatic soprano with an almost infinite expressiveness, with a secure and radiant high register”

(Tiroler Tageszeitung)

“Aile Asszonyi overwhelmed with a highly dramatic soprano voice and a wide range of expression, with luminous and sustained high notes and good depth. In addition her acting is extremely intens.”

(Das Opernmagazin)

“a brilliant, highly explosive and powerful-voiced Elektra”

(Online Merker)

“Sublime how the Estonian soprano Aile Asszonyi embodied the title role – just as impressive as recently in Frankfurt.”

(BR Klassik)

ELEKTRA AT THE THEATER ERFURT

“Fabulous in the title role: Aile Asszonyi […] her dramatic sound simply overwhelms the listener’s brain […] Also her acting is at the best imaginable level.”

(Opernwelt)

“one could hardly wish for better: the Estonian Aile Asszonyi performed the title role with enormous vocal power and proved herself to be highly versatile in terms of acting”

(MDR Klassik)

“The Estonian soprano is both vocally and acting-wise an Elektra-godsend.”

(Thüringer Allgemeine Zeitung)

“sensationally convincing [...] The Estonian soprano Aile Asszonyi never loses the vocal nobility of her singing, even in the most violent outbursts.”

(Freies Wort / inSüdthüringen.de)

ISOLDE AT THE STAATSTHEATER SAARBRÜCKEN

“The winner of the evening is the Estonian soprano Aile Asszonyi, who makes her role-debut as Isolde. Her voluminous and euphonious voice has all the prerequisites for what is probably the most demanding role in the repertoire. A luminous, flourishing high register, the necessary lower registers, clean diction and the required volume. A new highly dramatic soprano to reckon with; Saarbrücken has already secured this artist as Brünnhilde in the Ring. [...] In the final scene, Asszonyi offers a stunning Liebestod”

(published in Klassik Begeistert & Online Merker)

TURANDOT AT THE STAATSTHEATER SAARBRÜCKEN

“Good, better, principessa
Electrifying! […] Principessa Aile Asszonyi will also sing Isolde and Brünnhilde at this opera house. And she is truly showing everything, as if preparing for these great roles, which tell of the sacrifice of love. She expresses this woman of sorrows and can change the color of even the loudest fortissimo notes. […]
The audience is ecstatic…”

(Opernwelt)

“Guest soprano Aile Asszonyi as sorceress Fata Morgana outshines everybody. Anyone who has experienced her as Strauss’ Elektra last season in Bonn will not be surprised that this voice blows off the roof of the small Koblenz theatre.”

(Rhein-Zeitung)

“In the title role, demanding simply all of a dramatic soprano, Aile Asszonyi gives a phenomenal performance! In her role debut, she shows expression and endurance; her dark-coloured voice is able to sound soft and tender, but also is capable of powerful outbursts. In addition, the Estonian soprano shows as much presence in the dialogues, as in her musically and lyrically sovereign presented monologues.”

(Bonner General-Anzeiger)

“Aile Asszonyi, a vengeful and power-hungry Abigaille, was in all respects a class of her own, and rounded off her fabulous vocal achievement with a great stage presence.”

(Das Opernglas)

“Aile Asszonyi sings a perplexingly good Senta, with a beautiful tone, youthful in expression and always capable of dramatic outbursts. [...] unanimous jubilation”

(OMM / Online Musik Magazin)

PROTHOE AT THE OPERA BONN

“a tremendously intense and highly dramatic soprano”

(Deutschland Radio Kultur)

“Asszonyi’s way of performing is full of nuances and her phrasing beautiful and elegant. Behind the slutty character she plays, one can feel also the purity and Manon’s passionate sensuality. Asszonyi’s talent is primordial and pure.”

(Postimees, Toomas Kuter, 29 November 2011)

MADRE AT THE OPERA GRAZ

“highly dramatic […]
her dark soprano has a wide range of colours”

(Das Opernglas)

“Aida was sung by Aile Asszonyi, a singer I have praised on several occasions before […] superb”

(Göran Forsling, Seen and Heard International, 26 October 2017)

“eine ganz hervorragende Sopranistin”

(Ioan Holender, kulTOUR/ServusTV Austria, 17 October 2015)

“At least once in their career every dramatic opera singer should sing an operetta.”

(old Estonian opera proverb)

“Asszonyi’s passionate performance and the especially shining quality of her voice brought a mystic atmosphere”

(TeaterMuusikaKino)

ZORA D. AT THE VIENNA CHAMBER OPERA

„The most impressive singer on the stage this evening was Aile Asszonyi as Zora.“

(Oper in Wien Online)