Reviews

"Haydn's Missa in tempori belli and Mozart's Solemn Vespers" - Austin Civic Chorus and Orchestra
"Soprano Claire Vangelisti was clearly in control of the most challenging of the four parts .. . "-- Austin American Statesman

"Diva Divine" - Austin Chamber Ensemble
"Vangelisti was at her best in this ("La flute invisible" by Camille Saint-Saens) and Marcel Tournier's "La Lettre du Jardinier." Her cool, finely focused voice flowed nicely with the French vowels and elegant phrases." -- Austin American Statesman

"The Pirates of Penzance" - The Gilbert and Sullivan Society of Austin
"As Mabel, Sullivan's version of the bel canto heroine, Claire Vangelisti offered poise and a voice both feminine and brilliant. She brought off the coloratura passages and provided a nearly perfect match to this role." -- Austin American Statesman

‘Great’ Mass in C Minor – Texas Chamber Consort
"The exposed high notes (in ‘Et incarnatus est’) were placed with great skill…" - Austin American Statesman

King David – Austin Civic Chorus
"Claire Vangelisti had moments of real beauty…" - Austin American Statesman

Messiah – Texas Chamber Consort
"Claire Vangelisti brought a clear soprano to her solos." - Austin American Statesman

Kismet – San Antonio Symphony
". . . Marsinah, (sung by) lustrous-voiced soprano Claire Vangelisti, is smitten with a young man she thinks is a gardener but is really the caliph. . ." - San Antonio Express-News

HMS Pinafore – Gilbert and Sullivan Society of Austin
"Claire Vangelisti served Josephine well with an absolutely gorgeous, classically trained soprano. She showed great range, beautiful highs and lows." - West Austin News

"Claire Vangelisti is winningly demure and charmingly troubled by her dilemma. At the end of her solo ‘The hours creep on apace," Vangelisti’s voice carves an operatic arc of anguish in the air that is pure and lovely." -
Austin Chronicle

"Vangelisti’s beautiful rendering of Josephine tenderly laid out the romantic knot that is forever at the center of Gilbert and Sullivan operas." - Austin American Statesman

Judas Maccabeus – Texas Chamber Consort
"Soprano Claire Vangelisti was touchingly expressive." - Austin American Statesman

‘Great’ Mass in C Minor – Mozart Festival with Laredo Philharmonic
"Miss Vangelisti distinguished herself as the premiere female voice of the Opera Gala. . . . a voice lissome, light and fragrant as a glass of Beaujolais. Her very spare theatrical gestures were communicated without ostentation; the perfect dangerous coquette in short; the kind who would sing the infamous ‘Batti, batti’ like a waif . . But there is a bit more at work here in Miss Vangelisti’s appeal. Her height and actual physical beauty . . . make her little short of stunning onstage." - The LareDos

Mozart Mass in C Minor – Laredo Philharmonic
"Statuesque and confident, Miss Vangelisti delivered long lines of music without faltering, and with such concentration that . . . the entire audience gradually became enthralled. When she finished no one made a sound or even shifted in their chair." - The LareDos

Lord Nelson Mass – Texas Chamber Consort
"The quartet of soloists. . . was well chosen, with an especially impressive showing from Vangelisti." - Austin American Statesman

Asphodel – UT New Music Ensemble
"I am thrilled with the performance of ‘Asphodel.’ Claire Vangelisti is quite wonderful." - Vivan Fine, Composer