Reviews

It was soprano Marisa Karchin’s performance of a set of songs by Clara and Robert Schumann and Helen Grime that stole the show. In Clara Schumann’s O lust, O lust (“Oh Joy, oh joy”), Op. 23, No. 6 (1853), Karchin’s voice rang with jubilant exultation. Her dramatic performance and stage presence had the audience captivated by every syllable, and every change in tone – I CARE IF YOU LISTEN

The last work on this most colorful concert was a seven-movement work for the entire ensemble, conducted by composer Louis Karchin, with three sections sung by the splendid lyric soprano Marisa Karchin. This was a voice almost entirely in the upper register, confident, emotional when necessary, dramatic when needed, and–most important–articulated with diaphanous clarity – concertonet.com

The singing was excellent in all six roles. Young soprano Marisa Karchin stood out in lovely explications as storyteller and her emotional response to a dying woman and sad husband – Berkshire Fine Arts

The highlight, though, was Marisa Karchin, a Chorus, a Narrator, a soprano whose lines were lyrical, emotional, strange and yes, romantic – Concertonet.com

La soprano américaine Marisa Karchin réussit à incarner une Fée aussi élégante qu’attachante et la voix est d’une justesse exemplaire. Il n’est pas surprenant que celle-ci ait obtenu, un peu plus tôt dans l’année, le prix Joy In Singing International Art Song do 2018. (The American soprano Marisa Karchin manages to embody a fairy as elegant as endearing and the voice is of an exemplary accuracy. It is not surprising that she received the 2018 Joy In Singing International Art Song award earlier this year – L’Opéra - Revue québécoise d’art lyrique

The poignant final scene, where a man (Malgieri) sits by the bedside of a woman who is dying, is almost magical… Osada’s music for the gorgeous lyric soprano of Marisa Karchin was especially effective here – Broadway World