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In Peninsula Symphony’s “Viva L’Italia”
"Rubalcava soared in “Non mi dir” from  Don Giovanni and Musetta’s aria from La Boheme.  This is a voice that cannot be described, it needs to be heard."       
Keith Kreitman, San Mateo County Times 10-19-2006
 
As  Musetta in La Boheme
 "The audience gave its loudest approbation Sandra Rubalcava.  She sang with great authority and house filling presence and worked the stage like a veteran."                    
Scott MacClelland, Metro Active 02-2006

As Susanna in The Marriage of Figaro
"Outsanding  was the disarming Susanna of Guadalajara-born Sandra Rubalcava, clearly ready for more prominent stages.  Her ease onstage and pointed musical delivery evoked Reri Grist; her voice has a quicksilver soubrette quality but carried well over the orchestra and (a rarer feat) easily encompassed the low notes that lie in wait for Susanna in the wonderful Act IV recitative and aria."
David Shengold, Opera News 10-03-2004
 
As Adele in Die Fledermaus
 “Sandra Rubalcava stood out as Adele.  Rubalcava’s clear, pleasant soprano is the kind you could listen to all night.”
Mike Guersch, The San Jose Mercury 04-12-2004
 
“Vocally too, the evening boasted its share of pleasures.  As the ambitious Chambermaid, Adele, Rubalcava combined pinpoint coloratura with a vivacious stage presence.”                  
Joshua Kosman, San Francisco Chronicle 04-15-2004
 
As Norina In Donizetti’s Don Pasquale 
“From the first glimpse of Sandra Rubalcava, revealed lying on a chaise as the second scene parted, one could tell by the gleam in her eye and the smile flirting across her face that the audience was in for a delicious time.  And then she sang.  This young woman is a star.  Miss Rubalcava has it all-a glorious soprano voice matched with superb acting skills, all wrapped up in a delightfully charismatic and attractive persona. I heard a voice in the audience murmur, ‘God she is cute!’  Cute and more.  She kept the audience laughing, chuckling and guffawing all the while singing like a goddess.  She is the real deal.”
Paul Myrvold, Out and About 10-2002
 
As the title role in Massenet’s Manon
“In the Sunday matinee performance, Sandra Rubalcava was a superb Manon.  She held the audience breathless with her soaring, buttery-smooth, pitch-perfect excursion into the upper reaches of the Soprano range, with a power that could have easily accommodated in an auditorium thrice the size of San Jose’s Montgomery Theatre.”    
Keith Kreitman, Daily Review Online 2-11-2002
As Despina in Mozart’s Cosi Fan Tutte
“Sandra Rubalcava’s comic gifts made her Despina a delight and she was the standout among the singers.”
Anna Carol Dudley, San Francisco Classical Voice11-10-2001

As Rosina in Rossini’s The Barber of Seville
“Young Rubalcava brought a songbird’s sweetness to the role of Rosina, sailing across the far reaches of register with glowing flute timbres that voiced Rosina’s innocence perfectly.”
Phillip Collins, San Jose Metro 09-1999

As Gilda in Verdi’s Rigoletto
As Gilda, Rubalcava stole the show.  Poised, vocally accomplished, attractive and an intelligent musician, she had an effective musical way with he lines and a sensational rubato.  Rubalcava is a real talent with an important operatic career in front of her.”
Dan Leeson, San Francisco Classical Voice 02-2001

As Valencienne in Léhar’s The Merry Widow
“One of the truly notable voices in the cast belonged to Sandra Rubalcava as Valencienne. This soprano displayed a vocal ease and confidence well suited to the flirtatious young Baroness.”
Kelly Snyder, Opera News Magazine 08-1999
To contact Ms. Rubalcava : latinadiva@hotmail.com