SUSANNAH

WILLIAM LITTLER, The Toronto Star, March 29, 1999-04-18

"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, March 30, 1999

"American opera doesn’t need an orchestra to draw in audience "

"As part of its 25^th-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). "

TAMARA BERNSTEIN, National Post, March 30, 1999-04-18

"…as usual, OIC used what is clearly a modest budget to showcase some fine young talent…Guillermo Silva-Marin served as dramatic advisor."