Published: 26 January 2012
Category: Vocal & Opera

Soprano Sarah Tynan made a successful debut as Cleopatra to critical acclaim in Tim Albery’s new staging of Giulio Cesare, which opened at Opera North last week. Audience and critics were delighted by her feminine characterisation and stylish interpretation.

“Tynan’s Cleopatra delivers some of the finest, most tasteful baroque singing you will hear anywhere.”
Alfred Hickling, The Guardian

“Sarah Tynan’s outstandingly believable Cleopatra tremulously whispering her despairing music, then curling into a foetal huddle as she is chained, humiliated and incestuously abused.”
Richard Morrison, The Times

“…her singing is agile, stylish and radiant in the long lines of 'Per pietà' and 'Piangero'.”
Anna Picard, The Independent

“Cleopatra, beautifully sung by Sarah Tynan, is brilliant, physically and vocally. Tynan’s sheer stamina is a revelation.”
Graham Rickson, The Arts Desk

“Sarah Tynan’s highly physical Cleopatra offers genuine sparkle, her sequence of arias the highlights of the evening.”
George Hall, The Stage

“The evening belongs especially to Sarah Tynan as Cleopatra, flirtatiously lifting the opera’s rather stolid opening or mischievously relishing the disguised pursuit of her loved one or suffering with regal courage, is fully in command of the role, with her imprisonment bringing singing of exceptional beauty.”
Ron Simpson, Whatsonstage.com

The production will run until 16 February at Opera North then go on tour in UK and Ireland until 16 March. Click here for further information please go to

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