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"Takesha Meshé Kizart is worthy of all superlatives. With a breathtaking mastery and unflinching portrayals... a vocal flexibility that enables her to acutely pass from a tearful murmur to a firm luminosity. And her dramatic intelligence is worthy of the great "lionesses" of the lyric theater. An artist whose international career is still at its dawning, this young and beautiful American should reach the summit quickly. Provided, of course, that she preserves the incandescent glow that currently emanates from her every word and gesture." (Opera Magazine)

Takesha Meshé Kizart - In Recital
The young lyric-dramatic soprano sings Odabella's Scena e Romanza from Act 1 of Verdi's Attila

ODABELLA
Liberamente or piangi sfrenati, o cor.
La queta ora, in che posa han pur le tigri,
Io sola scorro di loco in loco.
Eppur sempre quest'ora attendo, invoco.

Oh! nel fuggente nuvolo...
Non sei tu, padre, impresso?
Cielo! Ha mutato immagine!
Il mio Foresto è desso.
Sospendi, o rivo, il murmure,
Aura, non più fremir,
Ch'io degli amati spiriti
Possa la voce udir.