Press Clippings

BBC Music Magazine: Hildegard Now and Then (Jan. 2020)
“… the dark, rich voice of Kismara Pessati casts a whole new light on her (Hildegard’s) music.
The Brazilian contralto’s vocal style is rooted in scholarly study, but never hinders a sense of improvisatory freedom.”

BBC Music Magazine: Hartmann Symphonies 1-8 (May 2014)
“This set is full of fine things. The Brazilian alto Kismara Pessatti is properly harrowing in the cantata-like First Symphony….”

Concerto Magazine: Orfeu (Oct. 2012)
“Still little known in Brazil, but already pursuing a notable international career, Kismara Pessatti (Orfeo) possesses a rare, beautiful and colourful alto timbre, which she artistically masters, allied to stupendous acting, demanded by Araújo’s uniquely designed staging. At the very end of the show, the words “May the whole world serve the empire of beauty” sung by Orfeo and extracted from the libretto, was projected on the walls. More than a mere citation, it serves as a confession of faith, a pact with Art signed in capital letters in this already mythical production.”
Leonardo Martinelli