“Stamping and Cheers”

Mary Phillips, mezzo-soprano
Lisa Saffer, soprano
Portland Symphony Orchestra
Robert Moody, conductor

MAHLER Symphony No. 2 “Resurrection”

“…soprano Lisa Saffer and mezzo-soprano Mary Phillips, fully deserved the flowers, stamping and cheers that greeted the final gigantic chords….Phillips appeared first, in the short fourth movement ‘Urlicht,’….What was particularly striking about her reading was the way it progressed from doubt to triumph, based almost entirely upon vocal color. Both Phillips and Saffer were superb in the ‘The Great Call,’ of the finale, solo or soaring above the massed chorus and orchestra, and their voices were perfectly suited to a melodic duet.”
--Christopher Hyde, Portland Press Herald

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“DELIVERED THE GOODS”
June 22, 2009

Mary Phillips, mezzo-soprano “Santuzza”
Mascagni Cavalleria Rusticana
Orlando Opera

“When the action heated up, she and Springer both delivered the goods.”

“Mary Phillips’s Santuzza did not take Turiddu’s rejection lying down. Her voice, powerful in thrust, has a smoky, dark quality that was thrilling to hear....when the action heated up, she and Springer both delivered the goods.”
--Edmund Leroy Opera News

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