PRESS REVIEW
SEMELE
Lübeck Theater, Germany
"The young Canadian soprano Sophie Naubert is outstanding in the title role: the way she slowly turns the young Semele into a Marilyn Monroe, and then goes from naive high spirits to addiction on a huge bed, is captivating in her acting alone - and is outshone by her fresh soprano, which effortlessly copes with every note and especially the coloratura requirements. The storm of applause for her at the end was huge."
February 5th 2025, HL-Live
"And Semele alias Marylin Monroe (Sophie Naubert) sings and acts simply amazingly well! Accordingly, the applause increased in duration and volume, reflecting the audience's enthusiasm."
November 18th 2024, Kultur Port
"The way the 26-year-old Canadian soprano Sophie Naubert confirms Lawless's Marilyn claim is stunning: it's more than just a certain resemblance, it's a spirited adaptation! But her vocal performance is even more breathtaking: Naubert has a slim, clear, pearly voice. And, with Nagasaki's almost caring tempo and dynamics, she completes the coloratura course of this part with a serious virtuosity that one would hardly expect from such a young artist: razor-clear in the lines, beautifully plastic and delicately formulated. The audience fell at her feet."
November 16th, Die deutsche Bühne
"The young Canadian Sophie Naubert in the title role was outstanding among the soloists. A wonderful soprano who has what it takes to have a world-wide career. In her coloratura every note was perfect, her stage presence was exemplary. The way she portrayed Semele between the greatest happiness and the deepest despair was heartwarming. The audience thanked her with frequent applause."
Lübecker Nachrichten
"The Lübeck theater has made a real stroke of luck with the young Canadian coloratura soprano Sophie Naubert as Semele. And it can be said that she took the hearts of the Lübeck premiere audience by storm. She has a beautiful, noble-timbered, technically perfect and versatile soprano voice with wonderfully sparkling coloratura runs and always excellently placed top notes. With her charisma, her extraordinarily distinctive appearance, charismatic stage presence, her intense, emotional performance paired with sensuality and vocal luminosity, she made this premiere a magnificent event. Semele has more than a dozen arias to sing, a true tour de force, and Sophie Naubert mastered them all effortlessly and full of energy. Without any effort, she unleashed a wonderful firework of coloratura, [...] and let the great aria "Myself I shall adore" ring out with crystal-clear, bomb-proof coloratura. For Sophie Naubert, this opera engagement in Lübeck marks her highly successful debut in Germany and Europe, and we will certainly hear a lot more from this exceptional young artist."
Wolfgang Schmitt, November 19th, Ioco Kultur am Netz
LA SERVA PADRONA
Orchestre Classique de Montréal, Canada
"To underline the moving beauty of accuracy, nuance and power of the radiant servant Serpina, wonderfully embodied by Sophie Naubert's soprano voice [...] All in all, many goose-bump contrasts in a stunning evening in which the moving Sophie Naubert shone more than any other, albeit all excellent."
Eric Sabourin, October 9th 2024, Les Arts Zé
"In the title role, soprano Sophie Naubert deploys the richness of her instrument with perfect homogeneity and a timbre ideal for this type of playful character, foreshadowing Mozart's Despina, for example. A born actress, she plays a mischievous Serpina of formidable strength of character."
Louis Bilodeau, October 10th 2024, L'Opéra
"Aged 26, the young Canadian is a very precocious talent in the sense that her brassy soprano is singular for a singer of such a young age. This patina immediately catches the attention and gives great interest to the ensembles, as the voice is very personal."
Christophe Huss, May 31st 2024, Le Devoir
"This coloratura soprano's prowess and vocal agility make her a much sought-after performer, much to the delight of audiences! A versatile artist, she excels as much in her operatic repertoire as in musicals, and each time, the quality of her stage performance is noticed."
Pascale St-Onge, May 27th 2024, Urbania
"She's the performer I felt most comfortable with the style. It seemed to me that she was having fun with her ornaments and making this particular aesthetic her own."
Jérémie de Pierre, December 5th 2023, L’Opéra
L’incoronazione di Poppea, Monteverdi
“On stage, the great triumph of the performance is the soprano Sophie Naubert, Gretel of an extraordinary vocal maturity coupled with an exceptional quality of play. One remains astonished by the technical solidity, the homogeneity of the voice, the perfect projection, the surety of the high notes piercing without difficulty through the orchestra and especially an admirable musicality. Of a confounding naturalness, the young girl moves, dances and twirls with the grace of a ballerina."
Louis Bilodeau, L'Opéra magazine, February 7th 2023
Gretel, Hänsel und Gretel, Opera McGill
“Sophie Naubert, a young soprano with a superb voice and magnetic stage presence channeling her natural musicality.”
Caroline Rodgers, June 1st 2023, Ludwig Van Montréal
L’homme qui rit, Ichmouratov
"For her part, Sophie Naubert delivered a solid performance of the magnificent melody
'Le soir' by Gounod, whose poignant beauty she aptly rendered. Her voice seemed to completely invade the space she was in, quite naturally and without the slightest visible effort."
L'Opéra magazine, Autumn 2020
