“Seljan Fermor-Hesketh gave a vibrant and sympathetic performance as Natalya, really bringing this dissatisfied young woman to life.”

- OperaToday on Chelsea Opera Group`s ‘Oprychnik’ by Tchaikovsky

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“Seljan Fermor-Hesketh made a passionate Natalya, her performance growing in urgency as the evening progressed. Her bright, authentically Russian sound came with thrilling high notes, and she brought plenty of attitude to a role that could fall into routine hapless heroine… Her opening aria about a nightingale who rejects a gilded cage is a lovely thing, here delivered with reflective tenderness.”

- Musical America on Chelsea Opera Group`s ‘Oprychnik’ by Tchaikovsky

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