Her voice is silvery, rounded, flexible and carries effortlessly. An exceptionally rewarding discovery.”

“Her focused, silvery voice shines in long lyrical phrases.”

“One need not be a great prophet to predict a major career for the French-American lyric coloratura soprano Sandra Hamaoui. Far removed from the soubrette-like sound so often encountered in the role of Sophie, she creates, in both voice and stage presence, a self-assured young woman who knows perfectly well how to express her feelings for the man who, unfortunately, will never become her brother-in-law. In the third act, she becomes an utterly caring sister. Her voice is silvery, rounded, flexible and carries effortlessly.

An exceptionally rewarding discovery.”

“Her clear, high-pitched soprano has increased in volume and brilliance and gives her the sovereignty on stage that makes her a credible string-puller.”

“As Sophie, Sandra Hamaoui deploys a dramatic tessitura as well as a brilliant timbre…The third act gives a glimpse of a technical agility with a remarkable naturalness.”

“Sandra Hamaoui’s Sophie was sweet and endearing, and her light, enticing soprano glittered, singing of the joys of nature in ​‘Du gai soleil, plein de flamme’.”

“Of the rest of the vocal cast, it is necessary to highlight the soprano Sandra Hamaoui for the freshness with which she introduced Sister Constance de Saint-Denis. A beautiful bell-like sound with a sufficient flow and good line.”

“The light and precise vocalism of the soprano Sandra Hamaoui shone.”

“Then Sandra Hamaoui, who was able to show off her bell-like lyric soprano perfectly even when singing headfirst, and whose ​“Dulcissime” sounded like a ​‘greeting from heaven’…”

“Sandra Hamaoui played Lisette very well, the waitress who was also the victim of a dream, not of love, but of glory. Very good, she was able to make her character likeable, her singing and her interpretation delightful.”

“Also at a high level of Sandra Hamaoui as Lisette, Magda’s maid and Prunier’s lover. The agility that the score demands of her was solved with ease.”

“Sandra Hamaoui’s Juliette acquires a real dramatic dimension that gives a striking relief to the duet with Romeo and then imbues her beautiful features with irrepressible anxiety in the confrontation with her father.”

“Her appearance is an enchantment, her smile reflected in her voice, which unfolds the difficult coloratura of her entrance with ease and lightness. The soprano’s voice is particularly interesting: its coppery, sometimes somewhat dark reflections are not those of a light soprano, but rather of a lirico-leggero, which does justice to the dramatic impulses involved in the difficult – and long – role of Juliette.”

“Susanna, a marvellously lively and versatile Sandra Hamoui.”