“Sandra Hamaoui sets a completely different tone as Musetta. She is furious, fiery, dramatically present, and her soprano has that flexible, slightly coloratura sharpness that Musetta needs in the second act. Her voice can attack, seduce, play. She has rhythmic agility and understands that Musetta’s famous waltz is not an isolated showpiece. The character uses her voice as a social weapon.”

“Mention should also be made of the charming and spirited Musette of Sandra Hamaoui, who displays impressive stage presence and evident musicality.”

“Her soprano voice is imbued by an intriguing colour, slightly dark and velvety but with a certain weight that also allows the lower passages to sound well formed. At the same time, she possesses great agility and lightness of tone, combined with a steely, warm timbre in the upper register. Combined, these make Hamaoui’s interpretation multifaceted, at once youthful and spirited yet always suffused with a warm undertone.”

“Sandra Hamaoui’s slender soprano brings the young Sophie to life with finely wrought coloratura.”

“Sandra Hamaoui offered a fresh and luminous reading, with an agile and confident coloratura that conveyed the character’s youthful vitality. Her elegant phrasing and stage ease managed to capture the carefree spirit of ​“Juliette”, before the irruption of tragic fate.”

“Hamaoui, making her debut in Almería [as Violetta], stood out for having a voice well suited to the role, with a beautiful squillo that allowed her to approach the second and third acts with greater expressiveness and dramatic intensity.”

“Sandra Hamaoui lends her full-bodied voice and elegance to the sweet Sophie.”

“Sister Constance, another novice, was sung by the Franco-American singer Sandra Hamaoui. She is Blanche’s lighter alter ego, a country girl imbued with joie de vivre. Hamaoui’s agile, bright coloratura contrasted beautifully with Marcellier’s lyric soprano.”

“Sandra Hamaoui put her light and transparent timbre at the service of Constance de Saint-Denis, achieving a solid character and perfectly in tune with her alter ego, Blanche, with whom she starred in some of the most inspiring moments of the evening.”

“Possessing a fresh voice, with a beautiful timbre, rich in colours and nuances, she stood out for her strength and the nobility of her singing. An excellent soprano.”

“In Carmina Burana, Sandra Hamaoui was particularly striking with her opulently shimmering soprano in the middle register, without neglecting the trebles.”

“Sandra Hamaoui is extremely spirited and also very present with a great voice.”

“Her bright, silvery soprano gave life to the sparkling character; she showed beautiful high notes and great ease in the delivery.”

“Juliette was none other than the exquisite Sandra Hamaoui.”

“On stage a very well-assorted cast, which has in Sandra Hamaoui perfectly cast as protagonist in the role of Alice, and very skilled in giving substance to the most lyrical and dreamy dimension.”

“Her aria ​“Deh, vieni” was beautifully rendered, with smooth legato and a palpable, very effective sensuality in her delivery.”