Mimì: La bohème / Royal Opera, London 2020
“…a sweet-toned and attractively phrased Mimì.”
Bachtrack
“Simona Mihai takes on Mimì with tender force.:”
British Theatre Guide
“She made a touchingly simple and vulnerable Mimì with a lovely freely-produced voice.”
Financial Times
“She looks perfect in the role and phrases tenderly, but with the necessary wright when required.”
The Guardian
“Simona Mihai and Charles Castronovo scored highly…”
The Observer
‘Mihai successfully combined a sense of fragility with an underlying strength of character, and a powerful ability to project musically.”
Opera Today
“Simona Mihai sings Mimì expertly and brings emotional depth and subtlety to her characterisation.”
The Stage
“Simona Mihai gives a confident, sympathetic characterization of the wan tubercular seamstress doomed from her first entrance. ‘Donde lieta usci’ was gently phrased and touchingly felt.”
The Telegraph
“…there’s an emotional honesty about her singing and acting that tugs at the heartstrings. Her anguish in the falling snow of Act III and her utter believability in Mimì’s final moments were compelling.”
The Times
Countess Almaviva: Le nozze di Figaro / The Grange Festival 2019
“Simona Mihai’s long-suffering Countess achieved real pathos…”
The Arts Desk
“…her Countess was movingly played, an elegant vessel of dismay wrapped in silk.”
Bachtrack
“Her ‘Dove sono’ was beautifully sung.”
Opera Today
“Simona Mihai’s sorrowful Countess offers real depth of feeling, and the opera’s final healing message of love and forgiveness rings completely true.”
The Times
Agnes Sorèl: The Maid of Orleans / Theater an der Wien 2019
“…a valuable contribution from Simona Mihai as Agnes Sorèl…”
Opera
Musetta: La bohème / Opus Arte DVD & Blu-Ray
“…Simona Mihai’s attractive Musetta.”
Gramophone
‘Simona Mihai is a spicy and passionate Musetta with an entrancing stage presence.”
MusicWeb International
“Without merely showing off to the audience, she presents an unhappy, perhaps inebriated individual no longer under her own control, who indulges in increasingly outrageous behaviour. Her vocalism is impeccable.”
Opera
Nedda: Pagliacci / La Monnaie 2018
“Nedda is superbly portrayed by Simona Mihai.”
Bachtrack
“Simona Mihai is excellent as Nedda.”
Il Giornale della Musica
“Simona Mihai portrays with ease a lighthearted, playful seductive Nedda.”
Forum Opéra
“Simona Mihai offers a fluid, tangy and so feminine voice. She shines with acting of cinematic quality, beautiful enough to make other sopranos green with envy.”
Olyrix
Mimì: La bohème / The Royal Opera, London 2017
“Physically, she is Puccini’s ‘little woman’ to the life, but her voice opened out impressively at ‘Il primo bacio dell’Aprille è mio,’ in the soprano line of ‘O soave fanciulla’ and in her touching ‘Donde lieta uscì.’”
Opera
Musetta: La bohème / The Royal Opera, London 2017
“Simona Mihai is radiant as the flighty Musetta.”
Express
“…a superbly uninhibited portrayal of Musetta.”
Forum Opéra
“Simona Mihai is bright-voiced and outrageous as Musetta…”
The Observer
“Simona Mihai was bright and lively as a petulant Musetta.”
Opera
“Simona Mihai’s petulant, high-on something Musetta is a galvanizing stage presence…”
The Times
