Reviews ...  

POWERFUL OPERA, 31/1/2000, by Colleen Johnston (THE RECORD, Kitchener) : 
        “ Bertini has the sort of huge operatic voice and temperament that brings divas like Callas and de Los Angeles to mind. She can truly sweep the listener away singing Puccini’s heartbreaking Un bel dì vedremo from Madama Butterfly. Sung as a silky, text-driven inner monologue, Bertini’s Butterfly aria elicited shouts of “BRAVA!” from many patrons in the well-filled theatre.”  

RIBEIRAO REENCONTRA OPERA NO PEDRO II, 10 Dezembro 2000, by I. Perpetuo ( FOHLA  DE  S. PAULO ): 
         "A italiana Simona Bertini (Santuzza) foi o destaque, aliando beleza fisica e uma voz redonda e calida de soprano lirico-spinto."

DIE AUSSICHT AUF EINEN OPERNBESUCH IN ESSEN ("Manon Lescaut" von Puccini), 2006 Nachtrag :
“Der Opernbesuch im Essener Aalto-Theater hat inzwischen stattgefunden und wir waren sehr zufrieden mit den gezeigten Leistungen und begeistert über das Haus und die Art, wie man hier eine ca. 120 Jahre alte Oper zeitgemäß umzusetzen wusste. Hier machten Regieanweisungen und Bühnenbild Sinn, das Orchester war vom ersten Ton an "da" und Simona Bertini als Manon war allein schon ein "Hit".... Eine große Freude und eine große Vorfreude schon jetzt auf einen weiteren Besuch dort..."

OPERE «MANON LESCAUT» u reziji Petra Selema u splitskom HNK prosinca 2008 (VJESNIK sedam dana kultura):
       “...With Svetla Vassileva and Kamen Chanev, in the roles of lover Manon and Des Grieux...  In the coming performances will sing Simona Bertini ... an excellent actress and singer…” 

THE PHIL'S BRILLIANT TOUCH, Popera event, 27 Nov 2000, by C. Johnston ( THE RECORD, Kitchener-Waterloo):
The soloists were awesome.... Bertini has a huge and immediate sound, and she transmitted Inneggiamo from Mascagni's Cavalleria with arresting reverence. Where she gets her depth is one of the eternal and unanswered quiestions. Bertini is a waifish, yet stylish young performer who you'd think be more at home sipping a latte on a busy thoroughfare. But deliver the goods she does, with gripping vocal and intellectual focus. She's been decorated with honours from the toughest of critics, and no wonder."

OTELLO AT OPERA ONTARIO, May 2004, by Alidè Kohlhaas ( LANCETTE,  Journal of the arts):
         “The cast was well chosen. The three principals, Otello (tenor Mark Lundberg), Iago (MET baritone John Fanning) and Desdemona (soprano Simona Bertini ), gave performance that far exceeded expectations. Here, Opera Ontario showed that it can produce an original work that stands high above...   Bertini 's voice is creamy, richly modulated and perfectly suited to the role of Desdemona. She captured the nobility of the character, her innocence and devotion. When she sang the prayer in Act IV's bedroom scene, a paraphrasing of the Ave Maria: 'Ave Maria, piena di grazia, eletta fra le spose e le vergini sei tu…' she must surely have captured the hearts of everyone in the audience. It was a stellar moment. And her plaintive 'O Salce! Salce! Salce! (Willow, Willow, Willow)' was heart-wrenching...”

MACAU INTERNATIONAL MUSIC FESTIVAL ends with a nod to Puccini, 3-11-2008, by H.F.Seng ( MACAU DAILY TIMES):
      "Soprano Simona Bertini and tenor Warren Mok played their roles of adulterous lovers effectively as well, and communicated well their characters...”

DON GIOVANNI, Oxford Philomusica, Sheldonian Theatre, 13-3-2008, by Nicola Lisle ( THE OXFORD TIMES ):
        “Among the ladies, there were some thrilling performances from A. Liebeck as D. Anna and Simona Bertini as Donna Elvira, both giving full soprano clout to these much-wronged heroines...”

DON GIOVANNI, a drama out of crisis,  Oxford, 4-2008 (KEYNOTES ) :
       "With the attentive guidance of Maestro Papadopoulos, who had thoughtfully committed the score to memory, they joined, seamlessly, an already strong cast which benefited from an outstanding Donna Elvira and Donna Anna, sung by Simona Bertini and Ann Liebeck respectively. This was a compelling performance...”

BLEVINS AND BERTINI BEGUILE POPERA FANS, 25-11-2000, by Hugh Fraser (HAMILTON SPECTATOR):           
         “...It did begin and end well with soprano Simona Bertini’s superb Io son l’umile ancella and a brilliant Inneggiamo with 100-strong chorus. Bertini also enchanted by showing us every graceful thing in Verdi’s music in an utterly beguilling Tacea la notte from Il Trovatore...”

POPERA THAT FLOWED WITH THE STRENGHT OF A RIVER, 29-1-2000, by Hugh Fraser (HAMILTON SPECTATOR):
        “The two sopranos were breathtaking-and that was just to look at. Bertini had the power and perfectly even scale of a true spinto, blonde curls that cascaded a foot below her waist and a figure that perfectly fitted the little red dress she wore in the first half  and the little black dress,that was about half black lace,in the second half. I’m sorry, I must be more accurate, my readers deserve it.The little black dress was about 7/8ths black lace and if she’d come out dressed as a man, I would most certainly have wept. Power and focus are her strenghts perfect for Voi lo sapete o mamma and Core’ngrato’s relentless intensity.” 

OPERA LYRA SUCCEEDS WITH LES CONTES, 4-4-2005 by Richard Todd (OTTAWA CITIZEN):
         “... there were other things to delight the ear and eye... Fortunately, this production features three unusually strong sopranos, Melanie Boisvert (Olympia), Agathe Martel (Antonia) and Simona Bertini (Giulietta)...”  

“COSI’ FAN TUTTE”: DUE INCANTEVOLI PROTAGONISTE, 14-10-2000, di M. Rocchegiani (RESTO DEL CARLINO):
        “Diverse nello stile e nei personaggi, ma egualmente incantevoli, le due protagoniste del dramma giocoso mozartiano, A.L.Longo... e  Simona Bertini  (Dorabella), hanno saputo affascinare il pubblico del Pergolesi intervenuto alla prima del Così fan tutte... Lunghi applausi di un pubblico delle grandi occasioni hanno salutato i bravissimi cantanti. Caratteristica comune di tutti gli interpreti è stata una forte presenza scenica ed una recitazione brillante, indispensabile in opere come questa.”

UN FELICE RITORNO DI NORMA, e stimolante scoperta del soprano Simona Bertini, 22-10-99, di Eva Purelli GIORNALE DI VICENZA):
          "...una Norma intensa e dalla bella vocalità...avere su di sè un peso di una così totale presenza (Norma appare in palcoscenico già nel I°atto e vi rimane sino alla tragica fine) non è responsabilità da poco. Il risultato non ha deluso e proprio là dove tutti l’attendevano, allo scoglio della Casta Diva, il soprano Bertini ha mostrato  buona presenza e voce adatta. Ma bene si è comportata anche nei concertati e nei duetti con Adalgisa.”

APPLAUDITA “NORMA”, 21-11-99, di Remo Schiavo (VOCE DEI BERICI):
        “Protagonista il soprano Simona Bertini che solo qualche anno fa, presentandola in un concerto, credevo adatta a Mimì, Liù e compagne ed ora non ha tremato di fronte a un personaggio così complesso, cavallo di battaglia di sopranoni drammatici, portando l’opera ad un felice esito.”  

TOSCA at Cairo Opera House, 13/11/2002, by Amal Couchri (AL-AHRAM Weekly):
          ... the audience appeared intent on enjoying the shows, particulary those with italian soprano Simona Bertini in the title role... Of the two Toscas in this run, Bertini was visibly much more at ease in this difficult role." 

LIVORNO GOLDONI THEATRE, FATTORI AND MASCAGNI, London, Sept.2008, by A. Coppolaro (GIORGIOSTUDIO.CO.UK):
     “The beautiful Goldoni Theatre in Livorno, who was already presented in London at the Bottaccio centre in Hyde Park where a concert took place....performed “Women’s Profiles  Arie and duets from his most famous operas”, conquering the audience with his generous Mascagni passion, together with the magic voice of the soprano Simona Bertini, accompanied by the fabulous piano of Anna Cognetta. All together they have celebrated at best the music by the great Maestro Mascagni...”

Successo della performance della Fond. Teatro Goldoni a Londra, Li, 19/9/08, by V.Tota (Fond. Teatro Goldoni Livorno UFF. STAMPA )
    “ … così come hanno affascinato il temperamento e la passionalità del soprano Simona Bertini”

IX Ed. del Premio "Pia Tassinari", Simona Bertini straordinaria interprete, Mar.2009, di S.Tivani (AMICI DELLA MUSICA UNCALM), FAENZA :
          “Al teatro Comunale di Faenza domenica 22 marzo si è tenuta la IX edizione del Premio lirico "Pia Tassinari" organizzato magistralmente dall’Associazione lirica "P.Tassinari"... Premiata la soprano Simona Bertini, che ha saputo affascinare il pubblico che gremiva il teatro con interpretazioni straordinarie sia vocali che interpretative passando da M.Lescaut "Sola, perduta, abbandonata" ai duetti di Cavalleria col tenore S.Rigon e del Trovatore col baritono M. Scarfeo, dedicando al premio assegnatole l’aria "Casta Diva", interpretandola emozionata ed emozionando il pubblico…”

IL RITORNO DELLA LIRICA A FAENZA :
        “… l’Ass. Musicale “Pia Tassinari” ha presentato, presso un Teatro Masini gremito di persone, la IX Edizione del “Premio Pia Tassinari”, attribuito al bravo soprano Simona Bertini, che ha letteralmente incantato il pubblico per la voce duttile ed espressiva…”

Teatro Verdi Busseto (PR), Teresa Stolz in "Giuseppina Strepponi", prima assoluta (2005)

Palermo, Teatro Massimo, Orfeo e Euridice (2006)