Sally Silver

Silver would not sound out of place in the (large) drawing rooms for which these songs were intended. This is a compliment, as too conventionally operatic a manner would be likely to overwhelm... — MusicWeb International, 14th January 2014 More…

[Silver's] charming soprano falls...comfortably on the ear...Charm is very much the order of the day here, and is displayed no less admirably in Richard Bonynge's devoted piano accompaniment. — Gramophone Magazine, October 2011 More…

a sumptuous collection of goodies to which Silver’s rich, full lyric instrument is ideally suited, and her French is excellent. Anyone who loves the Flower duet from Delibes’s Lakmé…will find... — Sunday Times, January 2016 More…

As I was listening and making notes, I found myself ticking songs that appealed. I soon noticed that I was ticking practically every one of them. To make some sort of short list has therefore... — MusicWeb International, August 2019 More…

Much of the solo singing is attractive but it lacks a certain theatrical extroversion and character essential to Sullivan's genius for drama and his affinity for the Italian and French stage.... — Gramophone Magazine, December 2014 More…

Wallace’s music is easy on the ear, unfailingly mellifluous, and nimbly adept at broadening into bracing drama...Sally Silver is a seductive siren, Richard Lewis a sober (and rather mature-sounding)... — Michael Quinn, bbc.co.uk, 25th August 2010 More…

A lovely overview of Massenet's extensive song output, with Richard Bonynge accompanying the South African coloratura soprano Sally Silver - a young singer who shares many of the vocal qualities... — Katherine Cooper, Presto Music, April 2014 More…

Satanella's stagey conventions and plonking couplets rather disconcertingly reveal what Gilbert and Sullivan were parodying. The only way to perform this is full-bloodedly. Richard Bonynge whips... — BBC Music Magazine, April 2016, 4 out of 5 stars More…