“The principal roles of this production are filled with performers who are experts in their craft. It is sometimes rare in the Opera world to find singers with superior acting abilities. However, Opera in the Heights has cast some fantastic people. In the challenging title role of Lucia soprano, Oriana Falla does a masterful job. Falla left many speechless, mainly as her character deals with the tumultuous nature of being confined to a potentially loveless marriage and the perceived betrayal of her love from her family’s enemy, Edgardo. Falla was breathtaking, and her chemistry with both on- and off-stage partners was a sight. During the Act I duet with Edgardo, it was impossible not to feel the energy from Falla as she sang about her undying love. However, Falla shines the most in her Act 3 “mad scene,” where for 15 uninterrupted minutes, Falla is singing for the high heaves, and in the intimate space that is Lambert Hall, one can feel yourself vibrating with her energy. If anything is worth the price of a ticket, it is Falla’s phenomenal performance.”
— Broadway World By: Armando Urdiales
“Falla was exquisite all evening, hypnotizing us with flawless intonation, diction, and emotional wallop. With Hollywood stage presence, she’s also quite a beauty. Even dressed in a hideous wedding costume of puffed white sleeves appended to her tartan skirt with a bejeweled cloche hat like a Roaring ‘20s flapper, she dazzled. For an opera singer, she’s the complete package, a star.”
— D. L. GROOVER for Houston Press
“Her voice is large, lovely, and vibrant, and she sang her solo with moving conviction.”
— JIM RUGGIRELLO LA OPUS
“Ms. Falla was a smirking force with a rich voice.”
— Jordan Bäumel - Singerpreneur
“The soloists the other day were excellent... Oriana Falla a vibrant soprano”
— Jim Ruggirello Music Critic
“Soprano Oriana Falla’s stunning red dress, didn’t distract from some extraordinarily spectacular vocalism... Falla scaled the insane heights of ‘Dulcissime’ with ease while supplying a meltingly lovely ‘In trutina.”
— THE GRUNION
“What a voice, again rich and vibrant, with an effortless ability to scale Donizetti’s complex bel canto. She’s a veteran of Pacific Opera Project’s Elixir last season, and she, too, is destined to become a star. She’s a looker, too, in her A-line dresses and red-and-cream patent shoes, with hair pulled back in soft pony tail. She’d turn heads in any era. ”
