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Simon Boccanegra, Opernhaus Zürich

Opera Aktuell

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La Fanciulla del West at NCPA, Beijing

National Grand Theatre Review

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La Fanciulla del West, Teatro Regio Torino

Opera Libera

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Gala Puccini, Opéra de Tours

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Madama Butterfly at Carlo Felice Genova

Opera Libera

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Concert with Opera Naples

Naples Press

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Inspirazione

Cleveland Classical

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Madama Butterfly at Palm Beach Opera

Palm Beach Daily News

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The Versailles Gala DVD

Gramophone

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Les Huguenots at Semperoper Dresden

Klassik Begeistert

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Beethoven’s Missa solemnis with the Philadelphia Orchestra

The Philadelphia Inquirer

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Merry Widow at Palm Beach Opera

South Florida Classical Review

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Simon Boccanegra in Zürich

Bachtrack

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Opéra de Marseille – Tosca

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Opernhaus Zürich – Simon Boccanegra

Neue Zürcher Zeitung

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Gran Teatre del Liceu – Aida

Platea Magazine

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National Theater Prague – Un ballo in maschera

KlassikaPlus.Cz

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Recital with Fort Worth Opera

Laurie Lindemeier, Theater Jones

“I found her dynamic performance coupled with her incredible voice, to far exceed my expectations. She acted with not only her exquisite voice but her whole being. As Rowley sang through the well-known “Io son l’umille ancella” from Francesco Cilea’s verismo opera Adriana Lecouvreur, her connection to the stream of emotions was constant and mesmerizing. In this ultraromantic piece, Rowley…

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Opera San Antonio – Tosca

My San Antonio

“The small cast of singers was highly experienced in their roles, and it showed. Soprano Jennifer Rowley needed the experience for the difficult title role. In Act One, Rowley portrayed Tosca as an immature, insecure woman full of petty jealousy. The character changes in Act Two to a woman of inner strength and decisive action. Rowley delivered the opera’s best-known…

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Semperoper Dresden – Les Huguenots

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The Metropolitan Opera – Tosca

Opera Today

“American soprano Jennifer Rowley embodied a Tosca flooded by a huge spectrum of emotions, from the playfulness of diva attitudes in the first act to her murderess fury in the second act and finally the complexities of the third act. Mme. Rowley’s voice has a fast flutter that served to create an exaggerated singerly presence for Tosca. She has a…

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The Metropolitan Opera – Adriana Lecouvreur

David Salazar, OperaWire

“Vocally Rowley was in fine form throughout the night, especially during her arias. “Io son l’umile ancella” was marked by a seemingly endless vocal line supporting by virtuosic breath support. Every single phrase in the aria’s opening sections felt like one connected line, growing and building toward the climactic final lines. The final phrases were potent in how long Rowley…

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Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino – Il trovatore

Fabrizio Moschini, OperaClick

“A partire dalla Leonora di Jennifer Rowley, dalla voce dal timbro personale e dotata del peso ideale per il personaggio, che usa a fini espressivi persino la lieve disomogeneità tra i registri, tra un centro screziato da un accenno di vibrato stretto e un registro acuto sicuro, luminoso e intenso. Discreta anche nei passaggi belcantistici, il soprano statunitense (già attiva al…

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Teatro Nuovo – Medea in Corinto

Logan Martell, OperaWire

“In the title role, Jennifer Rowley was a force of nature from beginning to end. In her first appearance, Medea learns that she has been cast aside by Giasone for Creusa, daughter of the king of Corinto. Scorned and indignant, Rowley’s nascent conflict is captured by the ambivalence of the recitative accompagnato before she launches into a cavatina, where she…

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Paris Opera – Il trovatore

Christian Peter, Forum Opéra

“Jennifer Rowley surprises by making an acclaimed debut on the Opéra Bastille stage, and as she explained in the interview she gave us, her Leonora is – at the beginning of the plot – a very young a passionate and voluptuous girl, a design that holds true thanks to the freshness of the singer’s youthful tone, her brilliant sound and…

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Philadelphia Orchestra – Tosca

Bachtrack

…Jennifer Rowley, who made a suitably volatile diva, all petty jealousies, tempestuous outbursts and coy pieties in Act 1, (the comedy of the sexes was played to good effect), and in a very different way, tempestuous and passionate in the second and third acts, as avenger, lover and victim. I particularly liked the orchestra’s relationship with her voice: the gusts…

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The Metropolitan Opera – Il Trovatore

David Salazar, OperaWire

“From start to finish her Leonora was a potent and confident woman, singing passionately in her opening aria to mirror the intense love she felt for Manrico. Verdi’s vocal line ascends throughout “Tacea la notte” to mirror Leonora’s sense of hope and aspiration, and Rowley was right on point with this sense of elation. She retained a tempo that helped…

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The Metropolitan Opera – Tosca

ZealNYC

“Up and coming American soprano Jennifer Rowley has boldly claimed for herself a new, career-changing role. Puccini’s Tosca is a monumental climb for a soprano, a career-defining mountain if, perhaps, not the toughest vocal peak. The opera greats, including Callas, have used the role to cement a career. Rowley, taking on the role at the Metropolitan Opera House for a…

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First United Methodist Church of Sallisbury – Rutter’s Requiem

Salisbury Post

Mathew Brown, conductor… put together an exquisite performance of John Rutter’s “Requiem,” which included Jennifer Rowley, guest soloist, who was outstanding. Ms. Rowley is a star soloist with the Metropolitan Opera; will debut at the Dallas Opera; and has appeared all over Europe. What an opportunity to hear her in Salisbury!

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Nashville Opera – Tosca

Tracy Monaghan, Schmopera

The first question always is “Well, how was the Tosca?” and ours was remarkable. Jennifer Rowley slated to sing the role again at the Met in January, was very clearly the star of the night. As Floria Tosca, Ms. Rowley gets many things so right: her profound and comprehensive interpretation gives Tosca an organic, complex richness. Ms. Rowley’s skill for…

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The Metropolitan Opera – Roxane, Cyrano de Bergerac

Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim, The New York Times

…the two leads poured so much heart and intelligence into their performances that I left grateful for the experience. For Ms. Rowley, this was a breakthrough. Originally an understudy for Patricia Racette, she took over when Ms. Racette pulled out in March, and on Tuesday, she sang with an even, radiant tone and effortless, chiffony top notes…at the heartbreaking ending,…

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Toledo Opera – Vanessa

Wayne F. Anthony, The Blade

The all-star cast, only seven singing roles, interacts with ferocious tension that can be cut with a knife. Vanessa is sung by Ohio native Jennifer Rowley, who on Monday heads off to the New York Met. She stopped off this week to sing her inaugural Vanessa in Toledo. She exquisitely crafts Barber’s excruciatingly difficult vocal lines into emotional vehicles which…

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New Orleans Opera – Tosca, Title Role

Opera News

The first prize honors of the evening rightly went to the leading lady, Jennifer Rowley, making her company debut. Possessed of a bright gleaming soprano sound, she had no difficulties with Puccini’s often treacherous vocal writing. The soprano, a gifted and sympathetic actress, allowed one to care for the character, even when in the throes of misguided jealousy in Act…

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Grand Théâtre de la Ville de Luxembourg – Leonora, Il Trovatore

Jochen Ruth, Der Opernfreund

Der kommt Jennifer Rowley als Leonora noch näher. ihr ausdrucksstarker sopran ist mit dunklem timbre, tollen Farben und einer wahnsinnigen Geläuftigkeit ausgestattet. Dazu pflegt sie eine wunderbare Pianokultur, verfügt über endlosen Atem und präsentiert so das berührendste und überzeugendste “d’amor sull’all rosee,” ich in den vergangenen Jahren habe hören dürfen.” (Then comes Jennifer Rowley as Leonora. Her expressive soprano is…

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Opera de Lille – Leonora, Il Trovatore

Emmanuelle Giuliani, La Croix

Verdi offre aux femmes ses chants les plus désespérés et les plus émouvants : Jennifer Rowley triomphe sans filet des airs sublimes – et si contrastés – de Leonora…” (Verdi offers to the ladies his most desperate and moving moments: Jennifer Rowley triumphs the sublime and contrasted arias of Leonora…) – Emmanuelle Giuliani, La Croix, January 19, 2016 “La voix longue…

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Royal Opera House, Covent Garden – Musetta, La Boheme

Richard Morrison, The Times

The other bohemians – are strong singers, characterized conventionally. No surprises there, but the best comes from Jennifer Rowley who plays Musetta as an over-the-top, bottom-wiggling, good time girl who ends her show stopper by snapping a billiard cue across her thigh. Strong girl, but she melts affectingly in the final act, which Copley stages as tenderly and unfussily as…

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SemperOper Dresden – Tosca, title role

Ingris Gerk, Der Neue Merker

“Die amerikanische Sopranistin Jennifer Rowley, die 2014 die Musetta an der Met sang, gab nun ihr Semperoper-Debüt als Tosca. Sie wirkte überzeugend als zarte, empfindsame Sängerin mit weicher Stimme, die aufgrund der Ereignisse in höchste Emphase gerät und dann mit entsprechender Lautstärke und tonärmerer Stimme ihrer Verzweiflung Ausdruck verleiht. Ihre große Arie, in der sie Scarpia um Gnade anfleht, sang…

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West Australian Opera – Leonora, Il Trovatore

Mark Coughlan, The Australian

American soprano Jennifer Rowley, making her Australian debut, is outstanding as Leonora. She has a beautifully lyrical voice, creamy and silken across the entire range with a rich coloratura and strong low register.” – Mark Coughlan, The Australian, November 3, 2014 “American soprano Jennifer Rowley sang Leonora’s impossibly long phrases with unhurried beauty, revealing a glorious top end as she…

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The Metropolitan Opera – Musetta, La Bohème

Vivien Schweitzer, The New York Times

The rich-voiced soprano Jennifer Rowley made a splash in her house debut as Musetta, maneuvering flirtatiously through the crowds and singing with a vibrant, agile voice in “Quando me’n vo.”” – Vivien Schweitzer, The New York Times, March 24, 2014 “Also new this season is another soprano, Jennifer Rowley, who has previously made strong impressions in offbeat repertoire locally with…

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