Her articulation is perfect, her diction surprisingly good in the beautifully grounded parlando phrases and the dark-timbre of her soprano is radiantly warm...
Melton sang an extraordinary Sieglinde. A rich voice with enormous bloom on top, she soared with the orchestra through Wagner’s biggest phrases and handled the difficult low tessitura of the role extremely well, despite the youth of the voice. A performer and singer of huge potential who is already at home in demanding repertoire...
A discovery with her dark, pleasant sound that defies classification. Her soprano blooms with ease and power of projection in all registers to the highest levels of emotion and intuition in her singing...
