“...a delightful diva, spinning out golden tone; revealing fine musicality and plenty of voice to spare”
- American Record Guide
Suzanne Woods, Soprano - “...a delightful diva, spinning out golden tone; revealing fine musicality and plenty of voice to spare”
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Albuquerque Journal
“Suzanne Woods plays his lover Mimi, and what a splendid pair they make. Woods demonstrates a bright clear dramatic soprano with radiant high notes, even more on display in the third act than in Mimi’s famous first act narrative.”
KKIM Classical/Talk Radio, Albuquerque – transcript
“...the impending death of the heroine, portrayed to perfection by Suzanne Woods in this production. All are truly wonderful performers, with magnificent operatic voices and comparable skill as most accomplished dramatic actors.”
Fanfare Magazine
“Sparking and ringing by turns is soprano Suzanne Woods in the title role (Naughty Marietta); she captures the florid exuberance of the ‘Italian Street Song’ as deftly as she soars through her broadly phrased duet numbers; she delivers a passable Italian accent besides;”
Opera News
“...Suzanne Woods made much of the role (Eileen) with her graceful acting and musicianship, qualities she also displayed in the title role of Gilbert and Sullivan’s Patience.”
American Record Guide
“In her fourth Herbert role, soprano Suzanne Woods was a delightful diva as the princess-in-hiding Sylvia, spinning out golden tone and romantic fantasy.”
“Suzanne Woods was totally charming as Julia (in Der Vetter aus Dingsda), acting and dancing gracefully and revealing fine musicality and plenty of voice to spare. Woods was again right on target in Naughty Marietta, flashing through the coloratura intricacies…”
“...the nymph Sombra was brightly projected by soprano Suzanne Woods with a fine sense of musical style and radiating enthusiastic innocence.”
The Sun News – Myrtle Beach, SC
“The true delight of the afternoon was Suzanne Woods. She rendered a precious reading of ‘The Song to the Moon’ from Dvorak’s Rusalka. She possesses a rich, silky voice that is often breathtaking.”
Cleveland Plain Dealer
"One of the company's finest sopranos, Suzanne Woods does her thing with consummate artistry and vocal allure. She is the dreamy-eyed Julia, who is pining for her lost love…”
“Suzanne Woods is a radiant Eileen - lustrous in voice and bearing, expressive in the poetic music and sure in dramatic intent.”
“...Woods sings with a graceful glow....inhabits the character of Nadina and employs a soprano whose floating quality does every Straus phrase proud...an exquisite performance.”
“...Suzanne Woods, the luminous title character in the troupe’s mounting of Eileen, brings utmost dramatic and vocal allure to the woman (Patience) who can’t quite make up her amorous mind. Woods sings Sullivan’s music with an expressive smile.”
Nevada Events
“As the much younger wife Valencienne, who’s interested in a much younger man, Suzanne Woods sings with allure and is a class act. In a day when standing ovations are passed around freely, this one was for real and earned.”
“The cast was uniformly exhuberant and excellent - both as singers and actors. Suzanne Woods was Fiordiligi, and delightfully reluctant for a second romance.”
“Suzanne Woods, the singing soprano who brings the ditsy Clorinda to full-bodied life...bring(s) plenty of fun, oomph and solid grand singing to the two old bags opera audiences love to hate.”
The Salt Lake Tribune
“...Suzanne Woods keep(s) up in the singing and acting departments for a solid if not life-changing performance of a cheeky comedy classic.”
Opera London
“...the soprano Suzanne Woods (displayed) graceful acting, attractive voice and dead-on-centre musicianship.”
San Francisco Examiner
“...The Ohio performance emerges a lively affair...(Ms. Woods) delivers this durable stuff with flair, healthy lung power and not a trace of condescension.”
Arkansas Democrat Gazette
“Suzanne Woods, solo soprano, possessed an ethereal voice.”
“Woods in particular was a delight to hear...ringing forth in a clear, bright tone just right for the material.”
The Birmingham News
“...director Michael Flowers has come up with some winners. Chief among them is Suzanne Woods. She’s beautiful in the role of Christine with a voice that’s as comfortable with a light, airy ballad as it is with knock ‘em dead operatic sequences.”
Akron Beacon Journal
“...this production is lucky to have newcomer Suzanne Woods. It can be tricky for women of the 1990’s to capture personalities formed in another era, but Woods made her 17-year-old character a charmingly believable, timeless package of enthusiasm and petulance.”
All Music Guide
“...what matters is the wonderful music. Suzanne Woods leads an excellent cast as Princess Sylvia...sings well, while never forgetting that operetta is intended to be foolish fun as well as musically engaging.”
The Toledo Blade
“The honey-voiced soprano Suzanne Woods was top-flight as the princess Sylvia.”
