SUSANNAH
WILLIAM LITTLER, The Toronto Star,
"Concert shows
Susannah’s power"
"So it took the initiative of
Opera in Concert over the weekend to demonstrate what and affecting and
powerful work SUSANNAH is, with a pair of performances at the Jane Mallett
Theatre."
"Despite the physical
limitations of a concert presentation, Guillermo Silva-Marin managed to
encourage the cast to inhabit their roles and with the aid of mood lighting and
a few projections, achieved a surprising level of dramatic concentration."
DAVID LASKER, Special to the Globe and Mail, Toronto,
"American opera doesn’t
need an orchestra to draw in audience "
"As part of its 25th-anniversary
season, Opera in Concert presented the first of two performances of SUSANNAH on
Saturday at the Jane Mallett Theatre. OIC presents never- or seldom-heard
operas without costumes or sets (although there were projections of an
abstracted log fence, rippling water and a crucifix). "