“Grazia Doronzio is an engaging Mimì. With her slight frame, the Italian soprano certainly looks the part of the frail seamstress, yet her singing certainly does not show any sign of frailty. Her soprano boosts a beautifully round and youthful medium. If I did not find her act I “Sì, mi chiamano Mimì” very moving, it was greatly due the conductor’s disruptive changes of tempo, that seemed to almost bring the aria to a pause in its middle. Luckily, things got better quickly, and she was extremely poignant in Act IV. And, as Mimì drifted quietly to her death, almost unnoticed by the distressed Bohemians surrounding her, the emotion in the audience was palpable.”
(Nicolas Nguyen, bachtrack.com)