THE NEW YORK TIMES
Just singing the notes of Das Marienleben is no easy matter and Ms. Marsh did that…with care and concern. Hers is the kind of big, classical-music soprano…Linda Hall was Ms. Marsh’s scrupulous pianist…Listeners…(packed full, by the way)…obviously were grateful to hear this music…in the hands of caring professionals.
Paul Hindemith/Rainer Maria Rilke Das Marienleben at the Austrian Cultural Forum, NYC
The New York Times, Wednesday, December 22, 2004, by Bernard Holland
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Hindemith's Das Marienleben (Life of Maria) Jane Marsh and Pianist Linda Hall |
NY FORUM
…strong overtones of special ness. Ms. Marsh performed…among others…the lush Italian Songbook by Joseph Marx…superior vocalism and execution from Ms. Marsh, for any age and era.
OPERA
Mo. Yuri Aronovitch made the obvious and excellent choice in Jane Marsh, who understands Rimsky-Korsakov…Fevronia suits her marvelously.
OPERNWELT
…a Violetta with that special spinto color…Verdi would certainly have applauded Jane Marsh.
THE LOS ANGELES TIMES
The limpid voiced Jane Marsh sings Puccini reminiscent of Tebaldi.
DIE PRESSE
…Soprano Jane Marsh gave Hindemith’s Marienleben immense vocal and interpretive prowess…a powerfully obvious identification with the Rilke text.
ORF RADIO
…Mahler and Jane Marsh were certainly born for each other…a complete Mahler Program introducing a new Gottfried von Einem song cycle, composed for Ms. Marsh, are already proving to be the event of the Carinthischer Sommer Festival…It seems Ms. Marsh can offer an important statement to everything she sings…Great versatility and value.
DIE SUEDDEUTSCHE ZEITUNG
The vocal and artistic statement, which Jane Marsh makes, would be hard to match in any generation.
TIME MAGAZINE
The world has not heard a voice like this since Elizabeth Rethberg and Rosa Ponselle…
CORRIERE DELLA SERA
The Leonora of Jane Marsh…engagingly warm in vocal color and a compelling stage figure.
DIE PRESSE
…Jane Marsh found the necessary Mahler tone.
LIFE MAGAZINE
Jane Marsh offers ingredients of greatness…
THE LONDON TIMES
A huge ovation for the glorious voiced Jane Marsh and Messian’s French cycle, Poemes pour mi …
DIE FRANKFURTER ALLGEMEINE
Jane Marsh proves herself to be the top of Handel singers…vocal color and Handel style in the best of traditions.
THE GUARDIAN
It is evident that Ms. Marsh possesses a vocal timbre of unusual beauty…
THE WASHINGTON POST
The beautifully voiced Jane Marsh sang with elegance and powerful agility…
NEUE ZUERCHER ZEITUNG
The Protoe of Jane Marsh, in Schoeck’s Penthesilea is beautiful in tone and artistically touching in her loyalty to the original Kleist…Strauss certainly must suit her too…
RHEINISCHE POST
A Verdi soprano to be universally celebrated is Ms. Marsh.
CORRIERE DELLA SERA
In Rossini’s Stabat Mater and the Dvorak Requiem, soprano Jane Marsh encouraged bravos…when exhibiting the…beauty, expression, and sensational command of piano in her voice.
TIME MAGAZINE
Jane Marsh has it all…and the need and ability to transmit universal love.
HOLLYWOOD PALACE, ABC TELEVISION
Jane is a master match for any generation.
RHEINISCHE POST
Jane Marsh sang an original Advent & Christmas Recital and included some delightful and lesser-known songs by very known composers…Magical!
DIE FRANKFURTER ALLGEMEINE
Jane Marsh proves herself to be the top of Handel singers. vocal color and Handel
style in the best of traditions. She pares her beautifully colored voice down for the
role of Deidamia, which matches to the lovely girlishness of this role.
This critic first heard Ms. Marsh sing the heroic role of Achille in this opera-in a Baroque
Fest in Italy-which calls for big brilliance and agility; something which was also
most impressive at the time.
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