August 10, 2022 | OperaWire "Colombian-American soprano Catalina Cuervo has signed with ADA Artist Management. The soprano took to social media and said, “I am deeply excited to finally share with you that I have officially joined the prestigious roster of ADA Artist Management. The times of God are perfect and this collaboration starts exactly when it needed to happen: It’s a new beginning for my career, time to conquer more roles and more lands and with this incredible team

"Big-voiced baritone Michael Mays handles the role with aplomb and brings in a superb performance." - James Karas Reviews

"In Opera Parallèle’s magnificent new production, which opened an all-too-brief four-performance run at SFJazz on Thursday, July 14, director Brian Staufenbiel and a team of ingenious collaborators add layer upon layer to the original material until it sparkles and swirls like a disco ball. Wherever you look, wherever you listen, the result is an all-enveloping feast for ears and eyes alike." – San Francisco Chronicle "In a great theatrical coup, Opera Parallèle has expanded

"The glamorous, imperious soprano Marie-Eve Munger perhaps didn’t quite look the part of a pious martyr, but her exquisite singing all but transported one to heaven. Munger’s sound shimmered as she sang the lovely, often poignant, arias that Handel composed for Theodora. The expressiveness of her singing was enhanced through the graceful ornamentation with which she adorned the reprises of the melodies in the da capo arias. . . The surprise was that Munger and Costanzo, so di

"Young American Artist (YAA) at Glimmerglass Matthew Pearce, stepped in at the last minute to play Don José and was admirable. His singing of the “Flower Song” was both moving and beautiful. Throughout, he was particularly effective in conveying the way his love for Carmen basically destroyed his life. . . As the toreador Escamillo, baritone Richard Ollarsaba was handsome, agile, and sang with great style and assurance. . . energetically led by Glimmerglass music director Jos

Catalina Cuervo She is currently the leading role in the opera Frida with the Michigan Opera Theater Company of the Detroit Opera House in Detroit, United States. She is a singer, Arabic dancer and model, and is recognized worldwide for performing in the most productions of the Piazzola work, “María de Buenos Aires”, including with the companies Florida Grand Opera, Cincinnati Opera and Syracuse Opera. She represented Colombia in the international “Neue Stimmen” competition i

If you’re already enamored of mezzo-soprano Audrey Babcock as Aldonza in the Utah Festival Opera & Musical Theatre’s production of Man of La Mancha and in the title role of the opera Carmen, you ain’t seen nothin’ yet. In Beyond Carmen – Ms. Babcock’s pas de deux with classical guitarist Andrés Vadin – she delivered a sultry, beguiling, seductive vocal performance at the Ellen Eccles Theatre on July 26. Ms. Babcock’s singing was simply fabulous. Although Georges Bizet’s Carme