2022 Bocelli-Jameel scholar Laura Mekhail receives celebratory reviews for her performance as Jane Eyre in John Joubert’s eponymous opera at Acrola Theatre’s Grimeborn Festival in London.
In its five-star review, The Spy in the Stalls praises Laura’s performance in the Green Opera production as a “masterclass”:
“The cast is a performance masterclass. Laura Mekhail shows us Jane’s transformation with grace, grit and soul, while showcasing her sparkling soprano top notes and powerful lower register.”
Other reviews
“Laura Mekhail in a high coloratura soprano with a glittering set of top-notes, unfolds Jane’s stubborn growth with a trenchant radiance; and sudden shaft of passion that’s as extreme as you could wish. She lacks neither force nor wit, right from her first defiance. There’s an acoustic that occludes soprano diction more than bass, but surtitles help throughout. And this is where Mekhail’s potent chest register powers out.”
Egyptian soprano Laura Mekhail, as the eponymous Jane, has a soaring, emotional range. Her radiant directness embodies Brontë’s revolutionary focus on her Jane’s individual choices and experiences: “I am a free human being, with an independent will.”