Photo: Paola Kudacki / Met Opera

Honchos Matthew Epstein and Yannick Nézet-Séguin also chime in on van den Heever’s arrival at superstardom, calling her “the real deal” and “the consummate artist [whose] star quality is undeniable.”

For more on van den Heever — and some exclusive insights into Claus Guth‘s Met debut production (featuring “six ‘mini-Salomes’ from age eight and up”) — cher public is obliged make haste to the article.