“Born to sing Turandot …. Her buttery smooth soprano voice seems effortless in delivery, yet her power actually was enough to reverberate off the staid old stone walls…sending a palpable thrill to those listening.” -Toledo Blade

“Yekel’s partnership, performing two of Wagner’s most searing visions of love consummated through death, was a phenomenon in itself. With sustained muscularity and tonal sensuality, her singing was a thrilling embodiment of all the agony and ecstasy that engulfs the characters of Isolde and Brünnhilde. Even as I could see the text translation projected high above the stage, I was more transfixed by “reading” the story on Yekel’s intensely expressive face. The powerful, warm sonority of her voice was of world-class quality and an equal match to the towering drama emanating from the noticeably augmented orchestra.”-Seen and Heard International