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"In the dramatic passages as in the more buff scenes, Victoire Bunel’s delivery relies on controlled breathing while her talents as an actress allow her to color her voice with ever-subtle nuances."
"Victoire Bunel, as Brigitte de San Lucar, combines warm timbre and precise vocal placement, without neglecting the tragic and passionate dimension of this other novice nun."
"The role of Mélisande seems made for Victoire Bunel. The fragile, mysterious woman of the first encounter with Golaud will develop into a real character through the trials and tribulations; the support of the voice contributes to this, as does the acting. The first part is diaphanous, ethereal, marked by a superb fluidity of register and particularly expressive vocal inflections; this purity nonetheless conveys all the affects of the role, which the actress literally lives. The death scene is of obvious beauty.
"Victoire Bunel and Marc Mauillon gave an amazingly accurate performance this evening. She is a complex Mélisande, wild and fatal, distant and loving at the same time. The voice is solid, full of harmonics that enrich the discourse."
"The young heir, Fiodor, is played by Victoire Bunel, whose agility and phrasing, as well as the beautiful colour of her timbre, cannot be praised highly enough".
“Between flame and velvet, Victoire Bunel performs Fyodor’s transvestite with great sincerity”.
"The fullness and warmth of the timbre of French mezzo Victoire Bunel (as Octavie) also arouse great emotion: her ‘Disprezzata regina’, like her farewell to Rome, are among the most intense moments of the evening."
"Victoire Bunel lends her voice to the noble and proud Octavie, as well as to Virtue in the Prologue. Her warm, caressing voice fully serves the incarnation of a woman wounded and humiliated, but proud and touching in her anger. Her lamentations are filled with long, heavy silences full of heart-rending sorrow."