Thachuk, Alina - Soprano

 

It is also the experienced Italian baritone Stefano Meo as Rigoletto and the young Ukrainian soprano Alina Tkachuk as Gilda who dominate vocally in a generally very well-sung performance. In particular, the latter enchants from her first entrance with her pure, lyrical voice, so effortlessly employed and with such etherial, weightless pianissimos in the highest register. And she is by no means a soulless nightingale, she expresses Gilda’s differing feelings so sensitively: her vulnerability, having recently been taken away from the security of the convent, her devotion to her father, her amorous feelings towards a poor student, her shame after the abduction and her stubborn love of the count even after she has witnessed his unfaithfulness. What is more, she also had strong spinto tones in reserve for those powerful dramatic outbursts, and she was on a vocal and interpretative level the overshadowed her fellow singers.