Kathleen Parker / Reviews

Australian soprano Kathleen Parker delightED the audience AS ELISABETH with bell-like high notes and A RICH, expressive voice. As she cried “Halt!”, appealing for Tannhäuser’s life, her voice pierced through the orchestra. she moved US with her earnest tone as she defended Tannhäuser with a plaintive prayer to the Virgin Mary.

The star was Parker's Senta, whose dramatic Ballad in Act 2 showed all the qualities of an ideal Wagner soprano.