"Dynamische Tutti und die wohlklingenden Soli von Sandra Tucker,(Sopran) und Philip Carmichael
(Bariton) mündeten in ein furioses Orchesterfinale"
Dvorak Te Deum with Musica Sacra
Franz Issing
Bad Wörishofer Rundschau, Juli 2011
"soprano Sandra Tucker was especially effective in the opening aria to Part II,Hear ye, Israel!"
Elijah with the Peterborough Singers
Timothy McGee Peterborough Examiner, May 2010
"Sandra Tucker's Pamina was a lyrical and visual delight" The Magic Flute with Opera Kitchener
Dawn Martens Opera Canada Magazine, Winter 2009
"Lead soprano Sandra Tucker (Susanna), portrayed extraordinary emotional range and technical acuity,
as Mozart's quintessential "wise woman. Her voice was sweet and supple, but with a creamy richness adding breadth,
making her a delight to listen to.As gentle confidant to the Countess, foil to the Count, and devoted lover of Figaro,
Tucker's soulful, wide-ranging expression was a major force in the evening's success.
Her extended, rhapsodic love-aria (Act IV in the Garden) was gracefully floating, dreamy and sublime." The Marriage of Figaro with Opera Kitchener
Stephen Preece The Kitchener-Waterloo Record, January 2009
"The other artist to listen for is Kitchener's own resident soprano, Sandra Tucker. Little do most
people know, the role of Susanna, which Tucker portrays, is the biggest role in this opera.
'Sandra does not need to fret at this enormous feat as her beautiful legato and incredible stamina seem
to leave an audience spell bound', Fina states."
Jeanne Narveson quoting Emilio Fina on le Nozze di Figaro
The Music Times, November-December 2008
Jan"Der Bass Jens Hammann und die Sopranistin Sandra Tucker verliehen ihren Parts besonders
intensiven Ausdruck" Messias in Wieblingen unter Wolfgang Tress Olaf Goeoeck
Suedwestpresse, Ulmer Kultur, September,2003
"Sandra Tucker etwa, die die Registerwechsel der Fiordiligi- Partie mit grenzwertig-intensivem
Sopran vergessen laesst" Cosi fan Tutte in Augsburg Ruediger Heinze
Augsbuger Allgemeine, May 2003
"Sandra Tucker is der Fiordiligi und ihrer koloraturreichen mit vielen Registerwechseln
versehen Bravourarie Come Scoglio, rundum gewachsen" Cosi fan Tutte in Donau Barbara Winterstetter
Donaukreis, May, 2003
"Lichti's example allowed coloratura soprano, young Sandra Tucker, the freedom to
sing Hear Ye Israel, with dazzling conviction. Tucker has worked diligently honing her
natural gifts to the point where she can blaze through, as a widow with a dead child,
and match Lichti's intensity" Elijah with the Menno Singers and the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony Colleen Johnston
Kitchener-Waterloo Record, April, 2003
"Im Liebesgestaendnis der Louise Depuis le jour aus der gleichnamigen Oper von
Gustave Charpentier demonstrierte die Sopranistin Sandra Tucker strahlenden
Hoehenglanz und lyrische Flexibilitaet"
"Dem Genius Mozart wurde von Sandra Tuckers nuancenreich mit Fiordiligi's Arie Come Scoglio aus Cosi gehuldigt" Ludwig Lutz
Augsburger Allgemeine, December, 2002
"Sandra Tucker zeigte im ersten Konzert bei zwei Strauss-Liedern einen dramatischen
Sopran mit viel Gestaltungsfuelle"
Europaeisches Muiskfest in Stuttgart Wolfgan Teubner
Stuttgarter Zeitung, September, 2002
"Die Vokalisten rekrutierten sich aus den Gesangskursen, hier fielen Sandra Tucker,
Colin Scott Balzer, Daniel Behle sowie der Bass Jens Hammann auf" Missa Solemnis im Gespraechskonzert mit Helmut Rilling beim Europaeischen Musikfest Erwin Schwarz
Sueddeutsche Zeitung, September, 2002
"Als Schwestern Elisetta und Carolina setzten Ulrike Haerter und Sandra Tucker mit ihren hellen
und leuchtenden Sopranstimmen die koketten und satten Glanzlichter." Il Matrimonio Segretto in Augsburg Roswitha Grosse
Sueddeutsche Zeitung, June, 2002
"Am besten gefiel die aparte Vokalfaerbung und Lockerheit, mit der Sandra Tucker Debussys
und Puccinis Ironie ueber die Pariser Szene andeutete"
Konzert mit Jose Antonio Escobar
Augsburger Allgemeine, May, 2002
"Sandra Tucker, soprano, at the Waterloo North Mennonite church, in a fundraising concert
to help enable her to take the opportunity to study with Edith Wiens, herself a great singer and
one of the world's fine singing teachers."
"We have heard her before twice, and were mightily impressed; now we were able to be
doubly impressed, including at her versatility. From Donna Anna's aria, through Cio Cio San,
to the rest of the above, Ms. Tucker's wonderful voice went straight to the heart of things and
straight to the hearts of the considerable audience present too. The voice itself is golden,
splendidlysmooth from top to bottom, and has lots of power. And at full throttle, it still
sounds wonderful, which is a gift straight from the vocal gods. She has the ability to
float about the piano or orchestra or, we may be sure, whatever, and be heard while doing so.
She never chokes a note and never slahes at it. In short, Rolls Royce, folks! Moreover,
she uses it intelligently and sensitively- signs both of natural good taste and excellent coaching"
Jan Narveson
UW Gazette, June, 2001
"We have admired Ms. Tucker's work before in this column, and were very, very impressed
by her work in these four rather magical songs of Rodrigo's- which we wouldn't have
guessed would work with her strong voice, but it did, extremely well. She's an expert
singer by now, too, who uses that great voice with skill and dramatic flare."
Rodrigo's Quatro Madrigales Amatorios with the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony Jan Narveson
UW Gazette, November, 2000
"Likewise, talented young soprano Sandra Tucker uses her beautiful voice with ease"
Rodrigo's Quatro Madrigales Amatorios with the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony Colleen Johnstone
Kitchener-Waterloo Record, October, 2000
"..not far from the end, the sounds of a soaring soprano joined the mix.
It rang gloriously, rising high, drifting downward, adding emotional force and melodic substance
to the music. The voice was present but not one discovered the person to whom it belongs.
Sandra Tucker was back in Waterloo, Canada: she had lent her fine soprano to a CD."
R.Murray Schafers 4th String Quartet in Performance with the Penerecki String Quartet Peter Jacobi
Indiana Herald-Times, July, 2000
"Adding to Purcell's music were vocalists of supreme talent. Sandra Tucker's performances
both as Fame and as the Married Girl highlighted amazing vocal ability. Joined by Janzen as Envy,
the voices of the two resonated throughout the hall and delighted the audience." The Indian Queen in Waterloo Mark A. Schaan
Imprint Online: Arts - Friday, February, 2000
"Let's start with Sandra Tucker, soprano, taking on one of those beautiful big orchestral songs of
Richard Strauss. And let's point out that; WOW! This young woman was born to sing this sort
of material, as very few are. Most good sopranos are of the Verdi-Puccini variety,
or perhaps the Handel-Mozart type, but for Wagner and Strauss one needs something really special.
Someone like Ms. Tucker, whose voice rolls out over the orchestra with wonderful full tone
and authority, and that luscious clarity that one treasured in the likes of Nilsson or Flagstad.
Seriously, we were thinking in terms of the Met, ultimately, for her" Befreit with the WLU Orchestra Jan Narveson
UW Gazette, November, 1999
"Tucker has the ear, instincts, range, clarity, and volume to rise above a full orchestra; hers is a
budding operatic talent. Apart from Tucker's glorious vocal gifs, her ability to communicate
sincerely with an audience could provide her with a secure future career as a professional" Befreit with the WLU Orchestra Colleen Johnstone
Kitchener-Waterloo Record, November, 1999
