Just a sampling...
Re: Images of Her
"The American Chamber Opera Company is a perfect example...world class voices, brilliant concepts, new music so close that it brings the audience into the mix. This fine company deserves our support."
-pupsbooks.com
"...an evening of intimate beauty...a fine introduction of two new chamber operas- works that will hopefully find a second life in performances to come."
-New York Theatre Wire
Re: Beast and Superbeast (world premiere):
“The American Chamber Opeera Company has been pulling rabbits out of its hat for 12 seasons now, producing a variety of intimate stage works...(here) the company's 11 singers gave a terrific show"
-The New York Post
Re: My Undying Love: An Amusement (world premiere):
"...The music was brilliantly played by a piano trio...The vocal ensembles were particularly impressive: duets, trios, a fine sextet at the end (a rush of vocal energy) and well-trained singers who projected every word clearly and succinctly..."
-Hi! Drama online
"...It was a perfect way to spend an evening with friends and family..."
-Freeform Review
Re: Menotti’s The Telephone and The Medium:
“Both operas featured lively orchestral playing…Douglas Anderson at the podium.”
-Sightlines
Re: Blennerhassett (stage premiere):
“Musically they were serious…there is a trio for female voices that is heartstopping, and the whole score is tight, tuneful, and completely enjoyable.”
-New York Daily News
“The vocal lines pour as thickly and smoothly as sloe gin. The climaxes are perfectly calculated. There is not a single stumble during the dramatic interchanges.”
-New York Times
Re: Medea in Exile (world premiere):
“The opera [is] just under an hour of unremitting intensity…Anderson’s music is expressive and vigorous, forcefully reflecting the drama at hand, and full of orchestral color and variety. Chamber opera companies, wherever you may be, tune in.”
-American Record Guide
Re: Miss Donnithorne’s Maggot:
“Miss Donnithorne’s Maggot was well performed last month by the American Chamber Opera Company; better than I have heard before…
-The New Yorker
Re: Garden of Mystery (stage premiere)
“enchanting, graceful vocal lines and heavily perfumed orchestration…conductor Douglas Anderson and his orchestra were on top of the music.”
-Opera News
“a marvelous musical discovery…the score is exquisitely realized and truly inspiring to hear just as pure music…Douglas Anderson’s conducting and the instrumental playing deserve a first recording.”
-The Westsider
Re: Gallantry and Trouble in Tahiti:
"Two one-act winners...infectiously sung."
-New York Daily News
“Both (performances) are excellently conducted by Douglas Anderson.”
-East Side Express
Re: The October 1987 performance of a triple bill:
“The performances ...were completely satisfying in the vocal and instrumental departments.”
-New York Daily News
Re: Shaman and Dido and Aeneas:
“The dulcet and precise choral ensembles were led by Douglas Anderson.”
-New York Native
Re: The February 1986 performance of a triple bill:
“(The) operas were musically polished."
-New York Magazine
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