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“… the enchanting soprano Linda Zoghby,…gave the Liu role stunning tone color and emotion.:”
-Post-Herald Reporter

“…the most memorable moments were provided by Linda Zoghby’s Liu. The times she floated well above the staff in “Signore, ascolta!” brought goosebumps—and the only interruptive applause of the evening
-The Birmingham News

“As Juliette, Linda Zoghby provided an ideal complement to Troyanos, for her dark-hued soprano conveyed fragility and pathos, ravishing to the ear, spinning lines with ease and soaring emotion. She has evolved into an exquisite singer of taste, sensitivity and personality. The pair, youthful and vulnerable, blended to perfection in their duets. Where were the record companies when we needed them?”
-Opera News

“I was absolutely enthralled by Linda Zoghby. Her voice is pure with unusual projection; her technique is immaculate, her phrasing a marvel of taste.”
-Washington Star

“Honors are stolen by the American Linda Zoghby, who vividly suggests Silvia’s alarm at the first sight of a man, and whose graceful singing of her first aria makes her a welcome newcomer to the ranks of recording artists.”
-Grammophone

“Linda Zoghby is tall and self-assured, charming and handsome, and she uses her pretty, radiant voice to suggest easy unforced lyrical eloquence.”
-The Times, London

“Special mention must go to the delightful Mimi of Linda Zoghby, whose voice, both sweet and bright, conveyed the heroine’s inner strength as well as her vulnerability.”
-Arts Guardian, London

“A soprano of clear, flexible sounds, shining in beauty of song.”
-Washington Post

“Her clear tones and fine technique were equal to Mozart’s strongest demand.”
-Houston Chronicle

“The revelation was Linda Zoghby as a darkly beautiful, Callas-like Elvira, her voice dusky and honeyed in timbre, silken in its even line, while her acting was filled with agonizing intensity.”
-Opera News

“Her singing was wonderfully silky, true and flexible.”
-Houston Post

“Her soprano is exceptionally warm and feminine in a grand way.”
-Christian Science Monitor

“Soprano Linda Zoghby again was a dazzling singer for her musicality, her poise and assured technique, and the warmth and purity of her gleaming soprano. She knows how to shape and to breathe, and she sings with a sense of rapture that gives added personality to her vocalism.”
-The Patriot Ledger, Boston

“Linda Zoghby, veteran of Dorati’s Haydn Opera recordings, made the greatest impression as Amaranta, the outraged aristocrat, and sang with exceptional beauty of line in her second act solos.”
-Music and Musicians

“The most consistent singing of the evening came from Linda Zoghby as Irene. Hers was a youthful, full, attractive sound.”
-The New York Times

“Linda Zoghby’s Soprano provided lovely texture in her brief but telling lines.”
-The Washington Post

“The triumph of this production was the fact that Linda Zoghby’s loveliness as Juliet made the couple utterly believable. Her singing, beautifully phrased and graced with a million finer dynamic shades, inflexions and emotional transparencies made Romeo not the only one to be in love with her.”
-The Jewish Week

Linda Zoghby Reviews