KASSANDRA DIMOPOULOU
DRAMATIC MEZZO- SORPANO
CRITICS
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G. VERDI AIDA
www.wiesbadener-kurier.de "...AN EQUAL RIVAL TO AIDA, TO WIN THE LOVE OF THE EGYPTIAN GENERAL, BRINGS ON STAGE KASSANDRA DIMOPOULOU AS AMNERIS. THE GREEK MEZZO SOMETIMES WINS THE PUBLIC WITH SWEET LEGATO PHRASES, AND SOMETIMES SHE DOMINATES WITH STRONG VOICE OVER THE WHOLE SPACE." 
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G. BIZET CARMEN
ALSFELDER ALLGEMEINE ..." AND SO THE AUDIENCE EXPERIENCED A RAVISHINGLY SENSUAL CARMEN, WHEREBY THE GREEK-BORN KASSANDRA DIMOPOULOU DOSED HER WONDERFULLY WARM MEZZO-SOPRANO VOICE, WITH NONCHALANTLY MASTERING HIGH NOTES, WITH NO "DIVA"- LIKE EXAGGERATIONS, BUT WITH SOPHISTICATION, FINE IRONY, VITAL DESIRE FOR FREEDOM AND FINALLY CONVINCING FEAR OF DEATH." 
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TH. SAKELLARIDIS PEROUZE
andro.gr "THE PURE-BLOODED MEZZO-SOPRANO KASSANDRA DIMOPOULOU (PEROUZE) POSSESSES A RICH MIDDLE RANGE, WHICH CONSTRASTED PERFECTLY WITH THE TREBLE ANTHOULA (THE SOPRANO ROLE); ON STAGE, SHE INTERPRETED PEROYZE AS A FEMME FATALE." |
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G. BIZET CARMEN
MONSCHAU KLASSIK, GERMANY 2007 "THE SINGING OF THE INTERNATIONAL GUEST STAR KASSANDRA DIMOPOULOU WAS A TREAT FOR THE EARS AND ALL SENCES, NOT ONLY BECAUSE OF HER PASSIONED AND FULL VOICE: KASSANDRA DIMOPOULOU MANAGED TO HOLD THE PUBLIC IN HER HANDS. SHE GAVE THE TITLE ROLE SOMETHING, THAT THE PUBLIC OF THE VERY FIRST PERFORMANCE OF GEORGES BIZET'S "CARMEN" MUST HAVE EXPERIENCED, ON 3RD MAY 1875 AND MADE US HOLD OUR BREATH: HER CARMEN IS A STRONG, SELF CONFIDENT WOMAN, WHO USES HER EROTIC CHARISMA TO PLAY WITH MEN AND IS THE LEADER OF THE PLAY; SOMETHING THAT THE VOICE OF THE GREEK MEZZO SOPRANO CLEARLY EXPRESSED. IN OTHER WORDS: KASSANDRA DIMOPOULOU WAS IN EVERY SENSE, A TRUE CARMEN." |
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T. TRAETTEA ANTIGONE
RADIO CITY THESSALONIKI 2013 AGGELIOFOROS BY SPYRIDON PHILKAS " MRS DIMOPOULOU, IN THE ROLE OF ISMENE, JUSTIFIED FOR ONE MORE TIME HER REPUTATION OF THE NEW DIVA OF THE OPERA. LIKE A PRIESTESS OF A MYSTICAL ALL-NIGHT CEREMONY, SHE SANG PERFECTLY WITH HER UNIQUE VOICE." 
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P. MASCAGNI
CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA TEATRO CILEA, REGGIO CALABRIA 2011 TEMPO STRETTO "KASSANDRA DIMOPOULOU IS A SPARKLING AND MALICIOUS LOLA OF ELEGANT AND SOBER VOICE." 
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G. VERDI RIGOLETTO
RADA FILM, "RIGOLETTO A MANTOVA" 2010 SPLASH MAGAZINES BY PHILIP G. HODGE "CONTESSA DI CEPRANO (KASSANDRA DIMOPOULOU) DOES LITTLE SINGING, BUT WHAT A FACE. HER EXPRESSION IS PERFECTLY COOL BUT NOT IN THE LEAST COLD. SOMEHOW SHE CONVEYS THE IMPRESSION THAT, “YOU AND I COULD HAVE A GOOD TIME TOGETHER, DUKE, BUT IT WILL BE DISCREET AND IT WILL BE ON MY TERMS." |
opera now
"YOUNG ARTISTS: WHO IS HOT?" "KASSANDRA DIMOPOULOU (CLEOPATRA) AND KETEVAL KEMOKLIDZE (CESARE): TWO FIENDISH SHOW-GIRLS FOR AN UNABRIDGED, YET VERY ENTERTAINING ROLE DEBUT IN HANDEL'S ORIENTAL EXTRAVAGANZA AT THESSALONIKI'S MEGARO MOUSIKIS." |
G. F. HANDEL GIULIO CESARE
THESSALONIKI CONCERT HALL 2008
OPERA NOW
BY CARLO VITALI
"DANCING QUEEN"
"HER (CLEOPATRA) ROLE HAVING BEEN ENTRUSTED TO KASSANDRA DIMOPOULOU, A NATIVE OF THESSALONIKI WHO DEVELOPED A PROMISING CAREER IN GERMANY BEFORE THIS HOME DEBUT, THE THRILL OF AUTHENTICITY WAS INDEED THERE. WAR, POWER AND SEX: THAT'S WHAT GIULIO CESARE IS ABOUT. IT'S HARD TO IMAGINE A SEXIER CLEOPATRA THAN THIS ATHLETIC SHOW- GIRL WHO HARDLY STOPS DANCING IN A VARIETY IF STYLES (DISCO THROUGH CABARET TO QUASI- ARABIC) WHILE EMBARKING ON HANDEL'S MOST TREACHEROUS PASSAGE WORK. THOUGH NOT A BAROQUE SPECIALIST, HER VOICE IS EXPRESSIVE AND HANDSOME, EXPERIENCING NO TROUBLE EITHER WITH SMOOTHER ARIAS THAT REQUIRE A TRUE LEGATO."
THESSALONIKI CONCERT HALL 2008
OPERA NOW
BY CARLO VITALI
"DANCING QUEEN"
"HER (CLEOPATRA) ROLE HAVING BEEN ENTRUSTED TO KASSANDRA DIMOPOULOU, A NATIVE OF THESSALONIKI WHO DEVELOPED A PROMISING CAREER IN GERMANY BEFORE THIS HOME DEBUT, THE THRILL OF AUTHENTICITY WAS INDEED THERE. WAR, POWER AND SEX: THAT'S WHAT GIULIO CESARE IS ABOUT. IT'S HARD TO IMAGINE A SEXIER CLEOPATRA THAN THIS ATHLETIC SHOW- GIRL WHO HARDLY STOPS DANCING IN A VARIETY IF STYLES (DISCO THROUGH CABARET TO QUASI- ARABIC) WHILE EMBARKING ON HANDEL'S MOST TREACHEROUS PASSAGE WORK. THOUGH NOT A BAROQUE SPECIALIST, HER VOICE IS EXPRESSIVE AND HANDSOME, EXPERIENCING NO TROUBLE EITHER WITH SMOOTHER ARIAS THAT REQUIRE A TRUE LEGATO."
G. F. HANDEL Giulio cesare
IMPRESSIONS
"THE OPERA STARTED TO GO UPWARDS WHEN CLEOPATRA APPEARED. KASSANDRA DIMOPOULOU WAS AMAZING. SHE LED THE WHOLE PERFORMANCE TO ANOTHER, HIGHER LEVEL AND HER PRESENCE, WAS, WITH NO EXAGGERATION, TRIUMPHAL. AFTER HER FIRST ARIA ("NON DISPERAR, CHI SA?") THE WHOLE TEAM GOT ENOUGH SELF CONFIDENCE AND MOVED TO DIFFERENT LEVELS. (...) SO, DIMOPOULOU HAD A SUCCESFUL DEBUT IN GREECE, VERY BEAUTIFUL PRESENCE, SHE WAS DANCING, MAKING ACROBATICS AND ACTING VERY WELL. SHE TOOK THE TEAM IN HER HANDS AND LED THEM TO VICTORY (TO USE SOME ATHLETIC TERMS). SHE IS AN ARTIST THAT, IF SHE GOES ON LIKE THAT, WILL MAKE HISTORY."
IMPRESSIONS
"THE OPERA STARTED TO GO UPWARDS WHEN CLEOPATRA APPEARED. KASSANDRA DIMOPOULOU WAS AMAZING. SHE LED THE WHOLE PERFORMANCE TO ANOTHER, HIGHER LEVEL AND HER PRESENCE, WAS, WITH NO EXAGGERATION, TRIUMPHAL. AFTER HER FIRST ARIA ("NON DISPERAR, CHI SA?") THE WHOLE TEAM GOT ENOUGH SELF CONFIDENCE AND MOVED TO DIFFERENT LEVELS. (...) SO, DIMOPOULOU HAD A SUCCESFUL DEBUT IN GREECE, VERY BEAUTIFUL PRESENCE, SHE WAS DANCING, MAKING ACROBATICS AND ACTING VERY WELL. SHE TOOK THE TEAM IN HER HANDS AND LED THEM TO VICTORY (TO USE SOME ATHLETIC TERMS). SHE IS AN ARTIST THAT, IF SHE GOES ON LIKE THAT, WILL MAKE HISTORY."
