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“...clearly an audience favorite”
– Opera News
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“...simply gets better and more beautiful each time she walks onto a stage.”
– The New Orleans Times-Picayune
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“...her diction was excellent and her voice was gorgeously even across its range and could easily soar to a high of instrumental purity”
– CVNC
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“...a young Eleanor Steber”
– Opera News
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“...golden sound with an alluring light vibrato that evokes the young Pilar Lorengar”
– Opera News
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“...bright, active, and fastidiously
musical”
– The New York Times
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“...bright, pleasing sheen”
– Opera News
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“...McMahon shared a coy duet with Domingo, wrapping his heart (along with that of the audience) around her little finger.”
– The New Orleans Times-Picayune
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“...most polished and flexible singer in the cast ... a deft comic actress with perfectly turned cartwheels"
– The New York Times
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“...real star presence”
– Variety
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“...McMahon makes Stella, Blanche’s sister and Stanley’s wife, a remarkably self-possessed character”
– Tulsa World
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“...Her commanding rendition of “Sempre libera” from Verdi’s “La Traviata” rang out with joy.”
– The New Orleans Times-Picayune
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“McMahon's timbre is rich and warm, with a thrilling finish at the top. She is nothing short of vocally ravishing.”
– The Day
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“Dazzling is not too strong of a word to describe Sarah Jane McMahon”
– Hartford Courant
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“McMahon proved to be the vocal standout.”
– Arizona Star
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“...Her remarkable soprano voice is only matched by her consummate performance as a singing actress.”
– The New Orleans Times-Picayune
