- …Arizona Opera is demonstrating its commitment to presenting operas that have broad audience appeal with world-class singing actors, a first rate orchestra, visually compelling sets…giving us an opera experience second to none.
Governor Janet Napolitano
“Message from the Governor” for the 2007-2008 Arizona Opera season
- The orchestra … played beautifully and provided near-perfect pacing.
Arizona Daily Star
review of ‘La Traviata, April 2008′
- As a whole, “The Magic Flute,” absent from Arizona Opera’s repertoire for a dozen years, was a delightful evening of theater supported by a rich orchestral reading of Mozart’s wonderful score. Conductor Joel Revzen took Mozart at his literal word, adopting a tempo that enhanced the comedy but never lost sight of the fact that the music was some of Mozart’s finest ever. The orchestra’s performance of the Overture was sublime and fluid, with such detail and crispness you wished it would have performed it again as an encore.
Arizona Daily Star
Review of ‘The Magic Flute, February 2008′
- … a perfectly timed, crisp performance of the richly melodic score.
Arizona Daily Star
Review of ‘Lucia di Lammermoor’
Louise Scott
Margaret Gilmore
Laura Tagawa
Paula Redinger
Debra Pearson
Expression. Experience. Excellence.