Seconding this opinion, verismo specialist soprano Augusta Oltrabella said, "Despite what everyone says, was an actress in the expression of the music, and not vice versa."
Sopranistka Augusta Oltrabella ako špecialista na verizmus, podporila toto stanovisko: "Napriek tomu, čo všetci hovoria, bola herečkou vo vyjadrení hudby, a nie naopak."