“Coloratura Giuseppina Grech was truly magnificent in her first appearance in this role, hitting every note in the famous aria with precision and clarity. It was thrilling to listen to her.”

City Hub, Irina Dunn

“Possibly the most famous of all soprano arias of Mozart, and definitely the most challenging, is “The Queen of The Night”. The rapturous applause at the conclusion showed how much the full house on opening night loved this aria and the vocalisation of Giuseppina Grech.”

J-Wire, Victor Grynberg

“Australian-Italian soprano Giuseppina Grech made an imposing Queen of the Night. Not for her a second’s hesitation as she launched into one of the opera world’s most challenging arias, Hell’s Vengeance Boils In My Heart, delivered with conviction and raw power. No small feat since the work calls for coloratura with fast repetition of a high C and reaching several top Fs, with complicated changes of pitch.”

Daily Telegraph, Tom Pillans

“ Giuseppina Grech as Queen of The Night is a hum-dinger of a role realisation here. This character’s lithe evil form, not like a cliche grand-opera Brunhilde has been guided to use the stage well. Her villainous character here swathed in on outfit resembling The Great Gatsby as a wild woman carrying a fur not to be messed with. Her two well known arias are solid, will amaze someone processing opera for the first time, as well as offering the sounds up to opera fans on a delicious yet different platter especially with regard to tempo of that famous mother-daughter reading-the-riot-act aria.”
Sydney Arts Guide, Paul Nolan

“Stand-out moments delivered by Giuseppina Grech with her glittering rendition of the Queen of the Night aria.”

Australian Arts Review, Bill Stephens OAM

“The Queen of the Night (Giuseppina Grech) shone as brightly as the moon, captivating the audience with her overwhelming presence and strength that only a mother can deliver. The audience was in awe of her performance, nailing the beloved 'Der Hölle Rache' using the dagger as an extension of herself in a fit of passion for sweet revenge.”

Theatre Travels, Cynthia Ning

“Giuseppina Grech sashayed through the role of the Queen of the Night with dark glasses, black fur and wide-brimmed hat, and nailing the coloratura virtuosity and top Fs with insouciant distain.”

Sydney Morning Herald, Peter McCallum

“Giuseppina Grech had the thrilling Queen of the Night aria, crisply hitting the top Fs.”

Stage Whispers, David Spicer

“Honourable mention must go to Giuseppina Grech for her spot-on albeit hard-edged Queen of the Night. Her glamour gave proceedings a good jolt of energy.”

Limelight Magazine, Deborah Jones

“It’s difficult to go past a marvelously ill-tempered Queen of the Night from Grech.”

Stage Noise, Diana Simmonds 

“Needless to say, the Queen of the Night’s two arias are among the most applauded. Grech conquers the stratospheric coloratura with aplomb.”

The Conversation, David Larkin

“Giuseppina Grech was an arresting Queen of the Night. The Australian-Italian soprano exuded an air of pretentiousness and entertained with her condescending look over her dark glasses, glamorous black fur and exaggerated wide-brimmed hat. She tackled one of opera’s most challenging arias, Hell’s Vengeance Boils In My Heart, with ease. She nailed the coloratura virtuosity and top F with a nonchalant power and obvious conviction.”

The Plus Ones, Antoinette Milienos

“Giuseppina Grech gives a standout performance as prima donna Carlotta, demonstrating a powerful soprano and great comedic timing.”

Theatre Matters, Tim Garratt

“Among the supporting roles, Australian-Italian soprano Giuseppina Grech is fabulous as the prima donna Carlotta Giudicelli, nailing the operatic vocals in hilarious fashion.”

Limelight Magazine, Jo Litson

“Nailed with extravagant brio by Giuseppina Grech as flamboyant diva Carlotta.”

The Australian, Deborah Jones

“Giuseppina Grech as the flighty diva, Carlotta Guidicelli, and Paul Tabone, as her tenor, Ubaldo Piangi, not only sing superbly but delight with their comedic skills.”

Australian Arts Review, Bill Stephens OAM

“Buffo characters of diva Carlotta (Giuseppina Grech) and Ubaldo (tenor Paul Tabone) devour every moment of comedy or melodrama in the theatre pieces and backstage scandals. Their excerpt from the salon piece “Il Muto” is a true hit, one of the best I have witnessed in any version of Phantom.”

Sydney Arts Guide, Paul Nolan

“Opera Australia’s involvement ensures an unusually full-throated and funny treatment of the operatic lampoon, with preening diva Carlotta (Giuseppina Grech) and rotund tenor Ubaldo (Paul Tabone) leading the vocal charge.”

Sydney Morning Herald, Cameron Woodhead

“Australian-Italian Soprano Giuseppina Grech, who performs regularly with Opera Australia, fittingly shines as the opera star Carlotta Giudicelli until the Phantom usurps her position.”

The Blurb, Alex First

“Fantastic talent consisting of…Giuseppina Grech as the vocally perfect and fierce opera diva Carlotta Giudicelli.”

Lilithia Reviews, Stephanie Chin

“A special mention also needs to go to Giuseppina Grech for her part as Carlotta Giudicelli, the Prima Donna of the Paris Opera who brings elements of comic relief to the show and soars with her vocals and effortlessly hits those high notes.”

Dance Writer Australia, Jessica Poulter

“Also of note is Giuseppina Grech, an impressive vocal artist that brought the humour to her role of the diva Carlotta Giudicelli.”

Secret Melbourne, Nicole De Souza

“Soprano Giuseppina Grech was a welcome injection of self-deprecating humour as Carlotta.”

Australian Financial Review, Michael Bailey

“Giuseppina Grech impressed as the preening diva Carlotta.”

The Age, Joyce Morgan

“Giuseppina Grech is appealingly funny, charming the audience with her beautiful voice and her petulant depiction of the up-staged Carlotta.”

Stage Whispers, Carol Wimmer

“Giuseppina Grech is splendid as a Gorgon-like Carlotta, all spit and spite. Her voice is magnificent, which makes the Phantom’s dismissal of it seem like sour grapes, or maybe artistic immaturity.”

Time Out, Tim Byrne

“Continuing the youth focus is Giuseppina Grech as the diva Carlotta. While Carlotta is often sung as a fading singer in jealous competition with the young ingénue Christine, Grech is a young and beautiful performer, both vocally and visually. She is the established young diva, confident of her talent and attraction, and Grech plays her as a vocal powerhouse who resents the focus on the chorus girl, but is puzzled rather than threatened by her ascension.”

Classic Melbourne, Julie Houghton

“The supporting leads are impeccably cast…Giuseppina Grech portrays grand diva Carlotta as a loveable rogue, with co-star Paul Tabone making gentle comedy of the pompous arrogance of fading tenor Piangi. Grech and Tabone both handle the operatic elements of their roles with vocal flair and knowing wit.”

Man in Chair, Simon Parris

“Soprano Giuseppina Grech, who performs as the opera star Carlotta Giudicelli until the Phantom steps in, is enchanting.”

Weekend Notes, Cate Altamura

“The highly experienced supporting cast and ensemble feature some fine comic work to balance all that angst. In particular…Giuseppina Grech relishes the excesses of Carlotta”.

Arts Hub, Dennis Clements

“When you have singers of this calibre, especially operatic soprano Giuseppina Grech, you simply don’t need a lot of ampflication, as it runs the risk of distortion.”

Classic Melbourne, Julie Houghton

“Other worthy mentions; Giuseppina Grech is deliciously melodramatic as Carlotta and her comedy balances out the show’s more gothic tones.”

Milk Bar Mag, Emily Komiyama