Purity conquers passion

Anderson_June.pngIvan Hewett reviews June Anderson at the Queen Elizabeth Hall [Daily Telegraph, 16 November 2006]
June Anderson, who was standing in for an indisposed Barbara Frittoli, is no rabble-rousing diva. She is something rarer and finer. She is one of the great singers of Italian bel canto of the past 30 years, much talked of, but rarely seen in this country and not much recorded.