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"...they have found in Cynthia Makris a truly golden girl. Makris, with her 22-carat soprano, extraordinary stamina and minutely expressive face, has been for too long absent from Britain. As the vulnerable Minnie, she has a compelling way of handling both the Puccini female self-abasement arias and the high voltage of triumph..." The Times, 9 June 2008, London
"Minnie, the fanciulla, or young woman, of the title, is an amazing role - Calamity Jane on the one hand: Bible-bashing mother figure to the lonesome prospectors - and Cynthia Makris gave it her considerable all - there is no denying that her voice is generous, as much to do with old-fashioned force of projection as volume. She looked good, too, a sort of cross between Angie of EastEnders and Mae West; and she really inhabited this big, complex role. The sight of her - having cheated at poker to win the life of Dick Johnson - crashing triumphantly out of her cabin in her underwear, the wind and snow machines going like the clappers, was both mad and magnificent." The Telegraph, 15 June 2008, London
"American soprano Cynthia Makris, as Nabucco's supposed daughter Abigaille, shows why she's sung Verdi and Strauss in the great opera houses of the world. Refined in technique but raw in emotion, this is nerve-jangling singing in the grand tradition of Callas." The Courier Mail, 15 October 2007, Brisbane
"...while soprano Cynthia Makris thrills as daughter and would-be-queen Abigaille. Her duet with Nabucco is magnificent, and we look forward to seeing/hearing her return to Queensland next October as Turandot." Stagediary.com, 15 October 2007, Brisbane