Given more training and experience, Angela Chambers could well become a great voice in the Wagner and Richard Strauss repertoire, perhaps rivalling Lincolnshire lass Jane Eaglen.
She will need the right breaks, too, but on the basis of her first public recital, this Brighton girl could go a long, long way.
She has a huge voice, far too big for the Italian repertoire and far too big for something like the Bach/Schubert Ave Maria, although she gave it a good stab.
But it was with three of Wagner's Wesendonk Lieder that she captured my rapt attention and caused me to catch my breath.
Her diction in German is crystal clear, her passion for the composer's music blatant, and her ability to sing it manifest.
When she sang Elsa's song of love from Lohengrin and Elisabeth's reunion from Tannhauser, you knew this was a Wagner heroine in the making.
Her passion, fire and sheer energy were remarkable and her delivery impeccable.
She has a voice that Wagner and Richard Strauss would have died to write for.
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