From Verdi’s Il trovatore:

         “The most accomplished member in the cast was Carla López-Speziale, a beautiful woman who gave us a hard-bitten Azucena who, in her Act II scena, was able to encompass the old harridan’s ferocity from the highest tones to lowest. Her interpretation, at times disoriented, at times firm in character, modulated well from scene to scene, concluding with touching ardor in her last moments with Manrico.”

Louis Marbre-Cargill, Pro-ópera, Mayo-Junio 2014