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The Good Life SLC
Park City Opera: The Gift of the Magi
“When Cottarel enters as Della, she vocalizes for several measures while combing her hair before singing any words. Her voice glides gracefully over the notes without any tension. She also sings an exquisite aria in Della’s conversation with Maggie in which she expresses her love for Jim. Owens mirrors Cottarel’s smooth, resonant tone in his recitative, and he sings an expressive aria describing Jim’s love for Della as the rationale for pawning his grandfather’s watch. Owens and Cottarel exhibit natural chemistry in their character portrayals that makes their recitative fluid and conversational and their emotion authentic.”
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Schmopera
Intimate Voix humaine provides a way forward
“…did a wonderful job of highlighting soprano Théodora Cottarel’s electrifying performance as Elle, the sole character we see throughout the show. Cottarel acted her part gloriously well, conveying so much information about the way her moods swung throughout the performance with even just the slightest twitch of her brow that it really only amplified the moods Poulenc conjured in his score. Her singing voice, too, was absolutely perfect for Voix humaine, and the way she maintained a beauty of tone through much of Poulenc’s heavily recitative-like writing for the character while also finding great ways to color the characters’ neuroses was masterful.”
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Compositrice n’est pas un métier de l’imprimerie
“La soprano Théodora Cottarel prête un bien beau talent d’actrice et de diseuse à toutes ces mélodies…”
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Operawire
Roberto Alagna, Aleksandra Kurzak, Lise Davidsen, Damien Geter, Lead Top 10 Operas to Stream This Week
La Voix Humaine – Helios Opera (August 14)
The Poulenc opera will be presented virtually on the company’s website. It will be directed by Adrienne Boris and star soprano Théodora Cottarel in the role of Elle with Celeste Marie Johnson performing at the piano. The performance will be filmed and edited by Julien Rohel with audio production by Ken Silber at Silken Audio.
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Operawire
Jonas Kaufmann, Karita Mattila, Jessye Norman, Hildegard Behrens Headline Top 10 Operas to Stream This Week
The ZOOMpresario – Opera del West (July 2)
Opera del West is offering up an updated version of Mozart’s rarely performed gem, specially made for the Zoom culture we are all living through. The opera stars Aurora Martin, Joel Edwards, Theodora Cottarel, and Rosie Osser with musical direction by Eve Kochen Budnick. Sign up for the premiere performance here.
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Houston Press
OITH Does Well by Mozart’s La Clemenza di Tito
“Crippen and Cottarel were loving matched in ardor and warmth…”
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Broadway World
Opera in the Heights Wins with the Rare LA CLEMENZA DI TITO
“Armed with confidence and purity of tone, Cottarel’s wielded power lends to her delicateness. Her singing is thoroughly enjoyable and the expression of solid warmth is neatly articulated through her emotions.”
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