You wanna hear singing? Sit back, turn out the lights, boost the volume and check out what the mezzo does with Rossini's ``Una voce poco fa,'' the famous cavatina from ``The Barber of Seville.'' This whole record, a reissue of performances from the '70s, is dynamite. Edo de Waart conducts the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra.
Richard Scheinin, San Jose News“In t

his recital State focuses on two composers close to her-Rossini and Mozart in these arias from six operas, all performed with technical expertise, taste and intrepretive insight. As with all Pentatone RQR recording, the original four-tracks produce an uncommonly natural sonic picture. Complete texts and translations are included”
--Robert Benson, classicalcdreview


“If you are a fan, this will self-recommend (if you don’t already own it). If you are not, this disc will demonstrate why you should be… De Waart and the Rotterdam Philharmonic provide attractive, lively, and well-characterized accompaniments; PentaTone supplies texts and translations, for which one should be grateful. Most recital discs today seem to omit these. Very enthusiastically recommended.”
-- Henry Fogel, FANFARE