Il trittico, The Royal Danish Opera, 2024
Louise McClelland Jacobsen, The Royal Danish Operas new star talent, is adorable as Lauretta, heralded by a woman in love in Paris.
- Ascolta
Louise McClelland Jacobsen who is featured in the captivating DR documentary The Next Diva, shows her talent with the well-known aria O mio babbino caro.
- Kristelig Dagblad
This is where one of the most famous arias ‘O mio Babbino Caro’, is sung.
Louise McClelland Joacobsen sings with a wonderful voice and genuine passion. A soloist that we will see a lot more of
- Kulturinformation
And on top of that, Kiria gets a beautiful counterplay from his daughter Lauretta, Louise McClelland Jacobsen, in the hit O mio babbino caro. Her duet with the boyfriend Rinnucio, Jacob Skov Andersen, became another lyrical highlight, as a counterpoint of love to the others' greed and ridiculousness.
- Dagbladet Information
CD of Rued Langgaard songs with Kristian Riisager, 2023
The vast majority of the songs here are world-premiere recordings and represent a fifth of the total Langgaard composed. Performed with sensitivity and intelligence by soprano Louise McClelland Jacobsen and pianist Kristian Riisager, the settings feature adaptations from Russia and Ukraine alongside Danish texts, including by Langgaard himself.
- Steph Power, classical-music.com
This sequence calls for singing and playing of uncommon emotional acuity, which it receives from Louise McClelland Jacobsen and Kristian Riisager, at one with their conveying of this music’s increasingly ominous import.
- gramophone.co.uk
Song number two is true masterpiece, a mysterious twilight scene, where the “soul ringing of distant bells” forms an ostinato while the melody shapes magnificent vocal arches. Pianist Kristian Jacobsen ensures that a twilight of glass rises from the grand piano. Soprano Louise McClelland’s voice is magnetic and her phrasing superb.
- sydsvenskan.se
Soprano Louise McClelland Jacobsens voice is magnetic and her phrasing superb. God what they can do together, Langgaard and these two young musicians.
- Tobias Lund
…her soft singing in Evening wraps its cloak of twilight is absolutely exquisite, a treat for the ears, each note sounding like a silver bell. I could hear her voice in my mind’s ear for an hour after listening to this CD, and yes, that is a tribute to her exquisite vocal quality. … [Louise McClelland] has a very pretty voice and is obviously an excellent musician.
- The Art Music Lounge
Die Zauberflöte, Det Kongelige Teater, 2023
A crystal clear and charming Pamina.
- kulturkupeen.dk
