Nola Richardson the "Vocal Star" of Handel's Samson

Reviewing the Oratorio Society of New York's performance of Handel's Samson at Carnegie Hall, Jon Sobel of BlogCritics wrote: "The vocal star of the first half was Nola Richardson, who infuses an effervescent soprano with seductive character work. She can manage this just as well on a grand stage in a formal performance setting, as here, as she can in an intimate gallery venue singing baroque English love songs. Richardson’s voice emerged silvery and celestial in her first appearance, in the small role of the Philistine Woman (“Ye men of Dagon”). She went on to heights of expressiveness as Dalila, imploring Samson to forgive her, and then, rebuffed, bringing a tear to my eye – part emotional response, part aesthetic joy – in “With plaintive notes and am’rous moan.”"