Whilst Ziyi Dai retains pristine, agile control in Bellini’s typically long, lyrical melodic lines with requisite colour and charm, as well as carrying cleanly over the chorus and orchestra in her dramatic high notes, she also manages to play Amina with some uncertainty and reticence as she confronts the reality of Elvino’s real nature, investing the performance with dramatic immediacy. classicalsource.com, Curtis Rogers

Chinese soprano Ziyi Dai is ideal casting as Amina, here one of the factory workers, her voice gleaming and agile in ‘Care compagne’, thanking her fellow-workers for their good wishes as she prepares to marry Elvino, and inhabiting her two big sleep-walking scenes with almost uncanny stillness. classicalmusicdaily.com, Mike Wheeler

This would all be fun and interesting but what sets it apart is the fabulous bel canto from Ziyi Dai in the title role. She acts the role perfectly, balancing innocence with nervousness, is totally convincing as a sleepwalker, and then turns into a sensible modern gal who is taking no more from her partner and colleagues. She thrills with Bellini’s demands, rising effortlessly above the orchestra with those so demanding high notes. operascene.co.uk, Mike Smith

Ziyi Dai gab La comtesse Adèle mit einem herrlichen Koloratursopran, der in der Reinheit der Spitzentöne etwas an Edita Gruberova erinnerte. Ihre Stimme hat Körper, trägt im ganzen Haus und ist reich an Schattierungen. onlinemerker.com