Opera Reviews and Production Photos


Manon - Manon - Massenet
(Houston Grand Opera)

"Carolann Page was ideally cast... with nimble vocal technique and sparkling ornamentation in her big aria in the Cours la Reine scene."
– THE HOUSTON POST
"...offered abundant musicality."
– SUN SENTINEL (Ft. Lauderdale)


Fiordiligi - Cosi fan tutte - Mozart
(Miami Opera)


Antonia - Les Contes d'Hoffman - Offenbach
(Cincinnati Opera)

"..visually riveting, already half-mad and half-dead. She sang with concentrated beauty of voice."
– OPERA EVERYWHERE

"James Morris was joined in this act by the sumptuous singing of Carolann Page."
– OPERA MAGAZINE ENGLAND

"...performance memorable..exquisite aria and duet in the final scene."
– KNOXVILLE NEWS - SENTINEL


Amelia - Un ballo in Maschera - Verdi
(Knoxville Opera)


Donna Elvira - Don Giovanni - Mozart
(Cincinnati Opera)

"...the most vivid character is Carolann Page's Elvira...She is a seething mass of conflicting emotions...the voices are fine, especially the wide-ranging Page."
 – CINCINNATI ENQUIRER
"..a lovely voiced Widow, never more impressive than in the fine-spun fluency of her second-act 'Vilia'."
– POST STANDARD - SYRACUSE


Hanna - The Merry Widow - Lehar
(Syracuse Opera)

 

 
As Pat Nixon in NIXON IN CHINA (Adams):
(HOUSTON GRAND OPERA, BAM, KENNEDY CENTER, LOS ANGELES OPERA, BOBIGNY (PARIS), NETHERLANDS OPERA, EDINBURGH FESTIVAL)
“Carolann Page’s lyric soprano exultantly ravishes the ear. Her Handelian heroine is quite touchingly drawn.”
  – THE GUARDIAN (London)
 
“Praiseworthy is Carolann Page's Pat Nixon, a touching, vulnerable creation.”
  – TELEGRAPH (London)
 
“Carolann Page voiced a tonally lustrous, sympathetic First Lady. Her poignant soaring aria sounded gorgeous.”
  – OPERA NEWS
 
“Carolann Page stole my heart with her beautiful voice.”
  – KUNST (Amsterdam)
 
“A memorable aria...outstandingly sung and vividly acted.”
  – SCOTSMAN
 
“Carolann Page's beautifully sung Pat Nixon triumphed decisively.”
  – OPERA
 
“Page was superb...she had the First Lady's shy mannerisms down pat.”
  – NEW YORK TIMES
 
“Carolann Page could scarcely be better...standard operas with glittering international stars are seldom sung and acted this well.”
  – NEW YORK MAGAZINE
 
“An exceptional cast headed by Carolann Page's sweetly lyric Pat Nixon.”
  – CHICAGO TRIBUNE