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« Alketa CELA’s vocal mastery and nuanced interpretation of the works of Giacomo Puccini testify to a deep understanding not only of the composer’s technical requirements, but also of his dramatic sensitivity.
Alketa captures the essence of Puccinian heroines: both vulnerable and powerful characters imbued with a heartbreaking humanity.
Special mention must be made for her interpretation of Tosca’s “Vissi d’arte”, where she beautifully balances intimate prayer and the desperate cry of the soul. »
Paris 22 November 2024 les nocturnes de Laude, Jean-Pierre Cubizolle
PREMIÈRE LOGE « Apart from the Boeotians, no music lover would venture to claim that the piano-voice recital is a less difficult art than singing on the stage of a large opera house in a stage production with orchestra. For her return to the Parisian public, Alketa Cela assumes the demanding choice of a program of Lieder and opera arias accompanied on the keyboard by Ariane Jacob. » Nicolas Le Clerre
Paris 7 June 2024 Bibliothèque La Grange – Fleuret, Nicolas Le Clerre
LE MONDE “La Bohème” « …the overwhelming Alketa CELA lends the regular features of her face and the singular beauty of her timbre. Because the pleasant surprise of the evening is this young Albanian singer, who made her debut at the Opéra de Lyon and plays a Mimi who possesses, in addition to the velour required by the Puccinian line, a tragic color and solar highs… » Marie-Aude Roux
CONCERTONET “Les Huguenots” « Alketa CELA, sumptuous timbre, assurance of expression… » Philippe Herlin
Pays Sud « Madama Butterfly » 10/2011 “…Alketa Cela It sings, plays, and moves beautifully and easily. From the first notes of his entrance, his timbre invades us and does not leave us. This way we know that we are going to enjoy a real Butterfly! All evening, we are hanging on his lips. Puccini inhabits her because she loves Puccini, it can be seen and heard… » Jean-Claude Meymerit
Sud Ouest “Madama Butterfly” 09/2011 « …Alketa Cela choosing the right humility for a 15-year-old Butterfly. Her voice rises easily and without grandiloquence, accurately embodying the fragility and lightness of the butterfly… » Severine Garnier
Paysud mag “(…) a ray of sunshine appeared in the person of Alketa Cela in the role of Michaela. Whew! Listening to it, we are finally at the opera. Fullness of power in the voice with beauty, phrasing, nuances, and midrange. It’s beautiful, it’s hot, it’s powerful. She believes in it. She is Michaela. Jean-Claude Meymerit
SudOuest « …Alketa Cela in Micaëla is overwhelming… » Celine Musseau
Le monde de la musique « …The soprano Alketa CELA has a very beautiful voice and a power of emotion that overwhelms her Mimi… » Georges Gad.
L’Opéra International « …Alketa CELA tackles her first Mimi here, which she makes endearing and expressive….a beautiful lyric soprano timbre and serious vocal means make the price of her interpretation… » Philippe Thanh.
ResMusica.com « Alketa Cela was revealed one evening in December 2002 in Nancy with a wonderful Mimi, exceptional vocal and scenic beauty. (…) The role of Iphigenia poses few vocal problems for her, and she displays precious qualities: an ideal physique, a luscious and seductive timbre, and a real stylistic adequacy. Her stage commitment commands admiration, and her passionate priestess exerts a real power of fascination on us. (…) offers authentic moments of emotion and beauty, and with Vista, takes away the laurels of the evening. We will remember this performance’s beautiful and ardent Iphigenia (…). »
Vincent Deloge
ConcertoNet …Alketa CELA, sumptuous timbre, assurance of expression… » Philippe Herlin.
Meyerbeer Fan Club « The heroine of the day is called Alketa Cela. The Albanian had moved in her Mimi of La Bohème de Nancy and Metz. Her moving medium has gained in harmonics, and her dramatic soprano register has taken on a throat colouring that resembles the troubling vocal veil of a Callas: a sublime Valentine de Saint-Bris in her ultimate sacrifice.» George Masson
L’Est Républicain « … because Alketa THAT has the physique of the job. She is, above all, vocally superb. A warm timbre and a sound emission without superfluous vibrato… » Didier Hemardinquer.
Concert Classic « …Alketa CELA has the difficult task of singing Valentine… she succeeds wonderfully, with a refined care of the singing line, and her Duet with Raoul in the fourth act is a moment of anthology…. » Bernard Niedda.
Mittelloge.de …Seine Valentine war Alketa CELA, ohne Zweifel die Sensation des Abends, eine der phänomenalsten Stimmen seit Jahren. Die junge albanische Sopranistin besitzt eine dunkel timbrierte Stimme, ungewöhnlich flexibel, mit strahlenden Höhen, stupenden Koloraturen und subtilen Piani. Sie sieht außerdem gut aus und spielt mit großem Einsatz. Sicher eine große Karriere im Kommen.. »
“…Valentine was Alketa CELA. Undoubtedly, the sensation of the evening was a phenomenal voice not heard for years. The young Albanian soprano has a deep timbre, is extraordinarily dark and flexible, and has luminous highs and an astonishingly subtle coloratura piano. In addition, she looks good and plays with a lot of inspiration. No doubt, a great career is opening up to her. ».