Amorosi Accenti
(Scarlatti)
Solo Album
Concerto 1700
Concerts & Album reviews
02/11/2023
"As it can no longer surprise anyone, the immeasurable virtues of soprano Ana Vieira Leite are difficult to relate accurately if one does not have the pleasure and fortune of admiring her live. Simply because, in addition to singing virtues coming from heaven itself, her stage presence and naturalness leave a deep impression on the lucky viewer. Everything about her is absolutely exquisite; to begin with, the absolute confidence with which she approaches each piece, whether dizzying or delicate, her natural, almost aristocratic elegance, at the same time seductive, which is frank and direct, without any artificiality. And as for her singing, there is nothing that does not amaze, her delicate and velvety voice but capable of absolutely admirable projection and volume, her diction and prosody that highlight expressiveness, her attention to the text, which she reinforces with her gestures, her fiato, her coloraturas or when her crystalline voice ascends to the heavens with powerful high notes, and a direct song that reaches the soul. If this music by Scarlatti was performed by Farinelli, there is nothing to envy of this Portuguese singer whose gifts life gives us.
(...)
Vieira Leite showed us the power of her vocal technique, both in the delicacy of the first aria, the expression of affection, and in the volume, the ability to reach the highest notes with astonishing naturalness and the dizzying coloraturas of the last one.
One of the most beautiful moments of the concert was, without a doubt, the performance of the cantata Pur nel sonno almen talora, (...) whose beauty directly touches the center of the heart and leads us through a sublime loving reverie where the crystalline timbre of Vieira Leite's beautiful color already took us to seventh heaven, with an exemplary placement of the voice, which combines maximum expressiveness, subtlety and outstanding attention to the inflections of the text. Vieira Leite's beautiful voice dazzled in her luminous passages, with the ductility and flexibility of her firm and well-articulated singing, full of attention to diction and the expressiveness of affections both in her singing and gestures, and an astonishing dramatic potential in his velvety voice.
The performance of the last cantata, Se fedele tu m'adori, was another absolute gem, where we could appreciate the natural seduction of Vieira Leite in the expressiveness of this piece that discovers the tricks and games of love, with a vibrant violin writing that accompanies the remarkable articulations of the song and with a rapturous final aria, where our soprano showed off all her ability to give voluptuousness to her voice, her excellent treble notes and her formidable agility.
Her body gestures are also worthy of mention, almost only with her presence does the text transmit, which indicates that there is also great work by the group to express the full potential of this excellent music.
(...)
As for Ana Vieira Leite, everything was perfect and sublime, it is difficult to listen to a soprano who sings with such expressiveness, technical mastery, taste and beauty; Her exquisite vocality, her stage presence, her wonderful intonation and diction, along with the naturalness that she gives to everything about her with her privileged singing, are profoundly beautiful. Those of us who were there enjoying her art also knew that in the future the privilege of her presence in works with small-scale formations and settings will no longer be easy. In the air it was perceived that we attended a memorable and unrepeatable concert that will remain in our memory with an indelible mark."
Scherzo
10/2023
"The young soprano Ana Vieira Leite is the unbeatable choice as the vocal soloist on the CD. Her pure and crystalline timbre is accompanied by exemplary singing technique and exquisite taste in the interpretation of the melodies that Scarlatti composed. "
Ritmo
Ariodante
(Händel)
(Eurydice)
Les Arts Florissants
William Christie
Philharmonie de Paris (France)
Opéra Royal de Versailles
Opéra de Dijon
(France)
Octobre 2023
04/10/2023
"Ana Vieira Leite finds the right positioning of the character of Dalinda, torn between love and reason, between Polinesso and Ginevra, so that the final turnaround by which she admits the entire machination of the antagonist appears credible. The role suits her very well vocally: the voice is crystal clear, percussive and Handel's ranges seem natural to her."
Forum Opera
10/10/2023
"Soprano Ana Vieira Leite plays Dalinda in an exemplary vocal placement allowing her to evoke the voluptuousness of her love for Polinesso in extreme delicacy and to fulminate when she realizes the latter's betrayal, her vocals and valiantly projected high notes."
Olyrix
20/10/2023
"Ana Vieira Leite accomplished a remarkable performance: impeccable intonation, ductility of a supple voice capable of triumphing over all the difficulties of the score and in particular the formidable coloratura."
Baroquiades
20/10/2023
"Ana Vieira Leite and Hugh Cutting were also spotted by William Christie in 2021 during the 10th edition of the Jardin des Voix to participate in a production of Partenope. Invested with the Master's confidence to once again embody Handelian heroes, they are respectively Dalinda and Polinesso on the Dijon stage and receive applause at the end of the show which marks them as the darlings of the Burgundian public. Soprano of Portuguese origin, Ana Vieira Leite is a Dalinda capable of moving from one emotion to another while always remaining dramatically credible. At first discreet, almost self-effacing in the way she approaches her first aria “Apri le luci, e mira”, the artist gradually deploys the breadth of her voice until she plays with the difficulties of “Il primo ardor” and its infernal tempi then to be given a standing ovation at the end of the pyrotechnics of “Neghitossi, or voi che fate”."
Première Loge
Orphée et Eurydice
(Gluck)
(Eurydice)
Les Arts Florissants
Paul Agnew
Philharmonie de Paris (France)
February 2023
23/03/2023
(...) His Eurydice is performed by soprano Ana Vieira Leite, recent winner of the Jardin des Voix (just like Reinoud Van Mechelen a few years earlier). She appears at the end of the second act among the Happy Shadows ("Cet asile amiable et calme") and delivers a suave song from her rounded voice with a quiet vibrato. Believing herself abandoned by Orpheus who refuses to look at her (and for good reason!), she expresses her dismay through a sensitive projection while nevertheless preserving a certain restraint which somewhat weakens her distress in the face of harsh destiny."
Olyrix
28/02/2023
"Ana Vieira Leite has a tender instrument and brought us a Eurydice with a full lyric voice and much interaction with the score. Her interventions were extremely satisfying, and her confrontation with Orphée—much in accordance with all the staging—stressed how Gluck’s work is more allegorical than symbolic. Her singing, especially when singing along with the chorus, expressed a candor that made Eurydice an emblem of virtue."
Opera Wire
Dido and Aeneas
(Purcell)
(Belinda)
Les Arts Florissants
William Christie
Teatros del Canal (Madrid)/ Theátre de Compiegne (France)/ Opéra Royal de Versailles (France)
2023
18/01/2023
"Desandre, Dolcini and Vieira Leite embroider their roles, showing once again that they are three of the best singers specializing in baroque repertoire that have emerged in recent years."
Scherzo
22/01/2023
"The voice of the Portuguese soprano Ana Vieira Leite is also easy and honest, who knows how to be Dido's confidante and is up to the task of the entire group. Her interventions have the weight and personality of a Belinda who knows how to become the owner of her space in the musical discourse of the work."
Opera World
24/01/2023
"In the vocal section, it is necessary to highlight the work of an enormous Ana Vieira Leite, both in her role as Belinda and in her role in the choirs and in the brief solo of the work Celestial Music did the Gods inspire, Z 322 (...).The Portuguese soprano was, without a doubt, the most brilliant of all the singers in the production, thanks to her canonical subtlety and exquisiteness, with a warm vocality, a very beautiful and personal timbre, an extraordinarily worked diction and a stage magnetism as powerful as natural. Already from her initial aria "Shake the cloud from off your brow" she was very connected with her role, but above all in an exceptional vocal state. It is not an easy role, because it must shine, but without overshadowing the protagonist, and her expressiveness presents a certain warmth that enhances the stark destiny that awaits Dido. Still, it must remain strong and evocative, though Purcell did not write for it a moment of as much loveliness as the Queen of Carthage's final lament, though the aria "Thanks to these lonesome vales" She is of an imposing beauty – of exceptional finesse in her voice, it must be noted."
Coladario
10/02/2023
"Opposite her, Belinda by Ana Vieira Leite (...) her brilliant soprano knowing how to tint herself with delicate shadows for "Thanks to these lovesome vales"."
Diapason
12/02/2023
"Ana Vieira Leite, very involved in the role of Belinda which she makes particularly interesting."
Forum Opera
Vendado es amor, no es ciego
(Nebra)
(Diana)
Los Elementos
Alberto M. Rouco
Auditorio Nacional (Madrid)
11/2022
11/11/2022
"Portuguese soprano Ana Vieira Leite, one of the most promising voices on the international scene, played Diana, a minor role, but one that served to glimpse that we are facing a voice that will achieve great milestones in the not too distant future: exquisite vocality, expressiveness, range, intonation, diction, color... Her strengths are many. She was only able to show off his abilities in the aria "Yo hare ese lamento", together with a duet of traversos of astonishing finesse. (...) Vieira Leite knew how to get the best of herself to complete an exquisite version, in one of the most beautiful moments of the night, just her ability to develop the long notes held, colored by the agile as well as subtle traversos, well deserved listening to this work."
Codalario
08/11/2022
“(...) other voices of great presence that are also earning their deserved space on the stage like that of Ana Vieira Leite. (...) a powerful voice that stood out in all the numbers of the set and whose aria "Yo haré ese lamento" left us wanting to listen to her in a more relevant role.”
Bachtrack
11/06/2022
“The soprano Ana Vieira Leite, in Diana, never shows her anger, always balanced, with accents of extraordinary beauty in her sweetness and lyricism."
Concerto Net
08/11/2022
“(...) it's hard to put together a vocal sextet as competent as this one. A formidable group of sopranos (Alicia Amo, Giulia Semenzato, Ana Vieira Leite and Aurora Peña), a superb mezzo-soprano (Natalie Perez) and a baritone (Yannick Debus) (...) All the women were outstanding singing and demonstrated, in the case of the three foreigners, an admirable diction of the language of Cervantes. Come on, they understood absolutely everything, something that is not very frequent when foreign singers tackle Spanish vocal music"
Scherzo
08/11/2022
“Ana Vieira Leite lends her aristocratic demeanor, elegance to a very well sung Diana.”
El debate
Partenope
(Händel)
Partenope - Les Arts Florissants
William Christie/Paul Agnew
2021/2022/2023
15/08/2021
“The Revelation Ana Vieira Leite: In the title role, the Portuguese soprano Ana Vieira Leite. Aristocratic posture, rich soprano timbre, profound musicality and dramatic intelligence: An artist to discover.”
Les Echos
21/08/2021
"With her clear timbre in all ranges, soprano Ana Vieira Leite in Partenope can soar in the treble with great naturalness. Her formidable vocal agility in no way prevents her voice from being posed with serenity, in an ample breath. Her her stage presence is more than evident, she also has all the confidence as an actress. She is undeniably an artist to follow closely."
Vivace Cantabile
04/09/2021
"Ana Vieira Leite, as Partenope, showed a beautiful soprano, with dark overtones"
Bachtrack
25/10/2021
"The Portuguese soprano Ana Vieira Leite is sublime as Partenope, the queen of present-day Naples that gives this work its title. She has a prodigious voice, as subtle as it is voluminous. Pure velvet. Her ornaments on the da capi were blessed glory. It is impossible not to be impressed by the waste of powers displayed by Vieira Leite, called to be one of the great voices of early music in the next years."
Scherzo
26/10/2021
"The Portuguese Ana Vieira Leite played the leading role, offering a delicate Partenope on stage, with an adolescent-casual aspect and a voice that stood out for its clarity and freshness; she was especially lucid in the more lyrical numbers and only if she could reproach someone with the high pitch in the steps of greater bravery"
Ópera Actual
27/10/2021
"Among the young cast that formed the vocal squad of the piece, the bright and colorful voice of the queen Partenope, embodied by Ana Vieira Leite, stands out. The Portuguese soprano played a magnificent role."
Platea Magazine
26/10/2021
"The soprano Ana Vieira Leite embodied the queen of Naples Partenope, in search of a lover. She has brilliant emission and timbre, being virtuous in moments of coloratura. And in that placement, and with more intention in the nuances, she will enhance the expression and the emotion. Her voice, -not as fragile as it may seem due to the clarity in the emission-, is beautiful, balanced, compact, and solid, which allows her to go through the score to shine. How much line, color, and subtlety in her “Qual farfalletta”."
Cultur Plaza
30/01/2022
"The main character, the queen Partenope, founder of Naples, was performed with complete mastery by the soprano Ana Vieira Leite, with a brilliant timbre and a powerful technique, 'fiato' control and perfect coloratura."
El Periodico
30/01/2022
"The soprano Ana Vieira Leite stood out for her vocal range, color, volume and mastery. and interval jumps. Possibly her best moment was the delicious aria Qual farfalletta."
Llegir
31/01/2022
"Ana Vieira Leite's Partenope stood out among the young stars, adorable in a version of “Qual farfalletta giro a quel lume” that earned her a standing ovation"
Ópera Actual
02/02/2022
"The most dazzling of all was the one in charge of the title role, the soprano Ana Vieira Leite, with a well-timed and uniform voice, precise treble, agile and well-defined coloration and easy and natural singing. With a terrific instrument and dramatic potential, she was confident, flirtatious, playful and seductive, with a lot of imagination for variations and a wide variety of resources. Her singing, however, is not artificial but direct and honest, as she demonstrated with the delicious reading of Qual farfalletta. A finding that can also boast of being a good actress and that will be worth following closely."
Nuvol
01/02/2022
"Honor to the ladies, with the Partenope of Ana Vieira Leite, soprano full of royal grace and mischievous poetry in her butterfly aria."
Premiere loge
19/07/2022
"But the majesty of Partenope, her sovereign allure embodied to perfection by the soprano Ana Vieira Leite, tracing the contours of a model of amorous constancy and demanding sincerity, guaranteeing a framework and setting limits – as a woman and as queen – allows us to better oppose to her the outbursts of passion, amorous or warrior – the metaphor here is constant."
Forum Opera
18/07/2022
"Ana Vieira Leite is Partenope, a clear and supple voice, lively and delicate (“Qual farfalletta”) or a loving “double” (“Spera e godi”)."
Diapason
19/07/2022
"Ana Vieira Leite delivers a sensitive and highly nuanced performance in the role of Partenope. Her pretty supple if not extended soprano voice, with an airy and brilliant treble, is adorned with grace in the vocalizations. She demonstrates an innate musicality which finds its best in the aria of the first act "Io ti levo l'impero dell'armi" which she addresses to Arsace and in the ravishing one of the following act "Qual farfalletta" (Like a butterfly )."
Olyrix
Il Paradiso Perduto
(Mancia)
(Angelo)
Le Concert de l'Hostel Dieu
Auditorium de Lyon
03/2022
21/03/2022
"Finally, the ethereal timbre of the Portuguese soprano Ana Vieira Leite is perfectly suited to the role of the Angel that falls to her."
Concerto Net
25/03/2022
"The voice of Ana Vieira Leite fits perfectly with her role as an angel with a fresh emission and soft and nuanced variations."
ODB Ópera
23/03/2022
"Finally, the Angel is embodied by the sparkling soprano Ana Vieira Leite, with a round and luminous timbre crossing the "black fog" of the aria "La nebbia scura"."
Olyrix
Amore Siciliano
(Cecilia)
Cappella Mediterranea
05/2021
21/06/2021
“(…) Then opens the first act, on an anonymous lullaby (Fermarono i cieli), of which the young Portuguese soprano Ana Vieira Leite, who plays Cecilia, sings the introduction. The voice unfolds, limpid and crystalline, to sing this simple air but bathed in tenderness. Throughout the recital, the singer embodies an ingenuous young girl, whose extent of upheaval and suffering she nevertheless knows how to show, especially when Cecilia finally gives in to the Capitan Maggiore's offers. (...) The emotion that the singer shows, however, does not yield to technique and precise diction. (…)”
Olyrix
“(…) Performing the role of Cecilia, the young Portuguese soprano Ana Vieira Leite authentically renders the touching character of an innocent victim. Her introduction to the lullaby for the divine child, Fermarono i cieli, then his part in the lullaby itself reveal a deep sensitivity, a spirit of contemplation, far from any affectation. (…) Hesitations in the voice and indecision of the attitude give the exact measure of the inner conflict. At the end, the death of the fiancé arouses a heartbreaking and mortal despondency crossing with truth the broken voice of Ana Vieira Leite.(…)”
Bachtrack