NaGuanda Nobles
“The first-rate voices used by Dayton Opera brought a new dignity to its Porgy and Bess emphasizing the seriousness of the story. NaGuanda Nobles got the opera off to a comfortable start with her lovely "Summertime." Opera News-2010
Small surprises in a grand production “Big things can come in small packages. For the Sacramento Opera’s production of Giacomo Puccini’s La Boheme, the small package is NaGuanda Nobles as Mimi and the big thing is her voice—a crisp, powerful soprano voice that projects easily.” NewsReview.com-2009
The Dayton City Paper stated, “In her Dayton debut as little Liu, NaGuanda Nobles displays a surprisingly big, warming soprano with a lovely shimmering top that she uses to ravishing effect in her two major arias. She offers a winning combination of beauty and intensity in her singing. Her death provides one of the most gripping moments of the production and her return to the stage at the end of the performance prompted a standing ovation.”
DaytonCity Paper-2008
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"NaGuanda Nobles was the very petite Liù, pouring out sonorous, deep and dark, rich, sustained vocal beauty.” Dayton Daily News-2008
"The public truly fell under the spell of NaGuanda Nobles from the first note of "Summertime" with a voice of blue-velvet-richness and silky brilliance. NaGuanda Nobles' control, expressiveness, and stage presence were all the signs of a great performer seasoned beyond her years."
Tri-City Voice Newspaper-2008
The Oakwood Register-2008 "Engaging Sparks" - Turandot,Eric Street; DaytonCity Paper, October 22, 2008 NaGuanda Nobles was the very petite Liù, pouring out sonorous, deep and dark, rich, sustained vocal beauty.
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"In her Dayton debut as little Liu, NaGuanda Nobles displays a surprisingly big, warm soprano with a lovely shimmering top that she uses to ravishing effect in her two major arias. She offers a winning combination of beauty and intensity in her singing. Her death provides one of the most gripping moments of the production, and her return to the stage at the end of the performance prompted a standing ovation".
10/18/08
“Mimi was NaGuanda Nobles, a tiny young woman, Nobles has a warm, beautiful voice, with secure, rich high notes. She projects the voice well. She is an outstanding talent.” San Francisco Classical Voice-2007
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The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette questioned why Mozart and his librettist didn't introduce the character of Papagena earlier in the opera "after seeing Nobles excel in the role and capturing the silly yet sexy birdwoman with ease." 2007
Post-gazette march 2007
Mimi was NaGuanda Nobles, a tiny young woman, Nobles has a warm, beautiful voice, with secure, rich high notes. She projects the voice well. She is an outstanding talent.
Janos Gereben (janosg@gmail.com) is a regular contributor to San Francisco Classical Voice. August 26, 2007
At last, a diva is born
Mercury News
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She sang Puccini nicely: deft attention to those rrrrrolled "rs," considerable heartache in her delivery.
NaGuanda Nobles topped an impressive field of vocal talent at the Irene Dalis Competition on June 1
Metro
How wonderful it was to hear NaGuanda Nobles portray Mimi in three excerpts from the third and fourth acts of "Boheme." She's been delightful this season in comic roles in "Ormindo" and "The Magic Flute," but really blossomed in the lush romanticism of Giacomo Puccini's music.
April 13, 2007
By Mark Kanny, Pittsburgh TRIBUNE-REVIEW CLASSICAL MUSIC CRITIC
A chorus from Mozart's "Idomeneo" began awkwardly but then jelled and benefited midway from the melting solo lines of soprano NaGuanda Nobles.
Among the Opera Center soloists, soprano Nobles was clearly the star. Her creamy voice has a recognizable timbre, with a distinctive edge that carries. She just doesn't sound like any other soprano. She has a solid technique, and she phrases with maturity and eloquence. Her rendition of Madama Butterfly's "Un bel di" was something quite special.
Read more: "Music Review: 'Greatest Hits' pack a wallop in Mendelssohn/Opera program" - http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06072/669379-42.stm#ixzz0Gm8YbbRW&A
Mar. 14, 2006
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06072/669379-42.stm
...very impressive vocally was NaGuanda Miller as Sister Rose, a current
member of Austin Lyric Opera Young Artist Program, who really touched in
her duet with Sister Helen in the second act
(source: Austin American-Statesman)
...the “Gospel measure” of Robert Ray proved despite the huge rejoicing voice by NaGuanda Miller not straight drawn from the “Soul OF America”, but rather skillfully impressive with it.
June 2002- Berliner Morgenpost.de
