Press
Interviews
Soprano Belén Vaquero: “A society without art is a dehumanized society”
Full interview in Spanish in the newspaper La Región
March 2025
“It is no longer essential to leave Spain in order to study bel canto”
Full interview in Spanish in the newspaper Faro de Vigo
December 2024
Reviews
«Pelléas et Mélisande» by C. Debussy
Temporada Lírica de A Coruña – Teatro Colón
05/12/2025
Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia
Dir. José Miguel Pérez-Sierra
Scherzo: «For Yniold, a straightforward soprano voice was preferred —magnificent the singer from Ourense, Belén Vaquero — instead of the more childlike, if not outright childish, register sometimes used in the past, and she did not lose any naturalness in her confrontation with Golaud’s questioning.»
La Voz de Galicia: «Belén Vaquero sang the child Yniold with a resplendent voice.»
«Il martirio di Santa Teodosia» by A. Scarlatti
al Ayre Español – Auditorio de Zaragoza
24/03/25
Codalario.com: «In the soloist role, we find the Galician soprano Belén Vaquero. Her vocal power and projection captivated the audience from her very first notes. Fully immersed in her leading role, she chose an interpretation where musicality and emotion took precedence, as well as a strong contrast in dynamics—remarkably maintaining vocal projection even in the pianissimo passages—and a consistent timbral quality throughout.»
Heraldo: «…the ensemble offered a new, consistent and complex interpretation this Monday, with soprano Belén Vaquero taking a prominent role as Teodosia. Her dramatic range was well suited to portraying a young virgin destined for martyrdom, with forceful—at times even violent—inflections that conveyed the tension of the moment.»
«Las Amazonas de España» by G. Facco
Concerto 1700 – Auditorio Nacional de Música
21/04/24
«…One of the pleasant surprises of the evening was the soprano Belén Vaquero in the comic role of Brinco, a soprano with a splendid voice, with a low register of enormous quality, as we could appreciate in the funny Tuyo soy de cualquiera manera, with a powerful and fresh voice that gave us the impression of being over-resourced for much more.»
Manuel de Lara
Scherzo.es
«Las Amazonas de España» by G. Facco
Concerto 1700 – Auditorio Nacional de Música
21/04/24
«…The great vocal surprise of the evening came with the Galician soprano Vaquero, with powerful and fleshy emission, which in her two funny arias [«Tuyo soy de cualquiera manera» and «Muera, no, no»] showed not only of his remarkable melodious measures, but also of his powerful dramatic presence. Very convincing as Brinco, she highlighted in the second and last of the arias, in one of the moments, also with a more compatible concertation. Very solid vocally, she adopted with overwhelming naturalness the humorous character of the character. Certainly a voice to be followed closely in the coming years…»
Mario Guada
Codalario.com
«Schemellis Gesangbuch» by J.S. Bach
Donostia Musika – Ciclo J.S. Bach
19/06/24
«Generous, emphatic, long and well ringing is the voice of the Galician soprano, Belén Vaquero. […] Her well-constructed phonal quality had the best moment singing Ich steh a diner Krippen hier, BWV 469, with poetry by Paul Gerhardt who specialized in Protestant hymns. She was the dominant voice in the duets that both singers performed at the end of each block, as was reflected in Kommt, Seelen, diese Tag…»
Manuel Cabrera
Beckmesser