Reviews:

soprano Josefien Stoppelenburg brought a creamy timbre, range and agility to Aci’s two sublime arias, one a highly ornate showpiece in which she competed with the oboe’s birdsong, the other the poignant lament of the dying hero.” (John Von Rhein-Chicago Tribune 10.09.2011)

The company’s singers—soprano Josefien Stoppelenburg as Aci, mezzo-soprano Angela Young Smucker as Galatea and bass Benjamin LeClair as Polifemo—brought radiant voices and deeply felt characterization to their roles. They created a world of refined understatement, each gesture carefully crafted yet freighted with meaning. The artists drew one irresistibly into their dreamy universe, a realm in which melancholy lovers bend tenderly toward each other and the raised hand of an aristocratic beauty can fend off a lustful monster. (9.09.2011 Chicago Classical Review)

Stabat Mater Bach/Pergolesi:

“Rarely we heard such a perfect combination of two voices, beautiful way of performing and with an incredible control.” (MC JAn Toor 27.04.2011)

“The sisters Josefien (soprano) and Charlotte (alto) Stoppelenburg sang very dedicated and polished. Their voices [....] have the same warm timbre that provides their voices to blend wonderfully. . The sisters are musically intelligent, show the same feelings and thoughts in their singing, they both sing in tune and expressive and have a feeling for musical style.This ever beautiful and meaningful music appears to be a perfect match for them.They sang the music with a right combination of feeling and intellect, they didn’t fall for this’ music tempting emotions.” (Brabants Dagblad maart 2010).

Händel’s La Resurrezione (Hyde Park Union Church Chicago, Baroque Band Chicago o.l.v. Arcangelo Corelli)

“Of the soloists, soprano Josefien Stoppelenburg stood out for her creamy tone, dead-on accuracy and dramatic interpretation. Everything she touched shone.” (Chicago Tribune 9.06.2011)

Bach’s St. Matthew Passion Oosterhout (Charlotte: The Netherlands):

“It took alto Charlotte Stoppelenburg no trouble to let the audience experience the emotions of her aria’s.” (Weekblad Oosterhout 20.04.2011)
“A touching performance of the aria ‘Erbarme dich’.” (BN De Stem 18.04.2011)