Vancouver Sun
14 August 2010 Filed in: Concerts
She has a voice roughly the size of the Pacific Ocean, and an even bigger talent. Her instrument is dark, rich, and ultra-concentrated, and she delivered with all-or-nothing intensity. Read More...
Kleine Zeitung
02 June 2010 Filed in: Aida
Mit unglaublicher Differenziertheit, feinster Innigkeit, aber auch intensiver Dramatik zeigte sie ein ergreifendes Bild der zwischen Liebe und Vaterlandspflicht zerrissenen äthiopischen Prinzessin.
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Butterfly soars to emotional highs
02 October 2009 Filed in: Madama Butterfly
Noah's standing ovations and cheers are well-deserved. Read More...
Another Butterfly takes wing
02 October 2009 Filed in: Madama Butterfly
I can’t remember seeing a more impressive operatic mainstage debut than that of Yannick-Muriel Noah in the title role of the Canadian Opera Company’s (COC) Madama Butterfly. Read More...
COC Butterfly soars
01 October 2009 Filed in: Madama Butterfly
Company, production and venue combine to form near-perfect night of opera Read More...
COC's Madama Butterfly launches a new star
30 September 2009 Filed in: Madama Butterfly
Noah's lirico-spinto voice has a dark, developed sound and an ample vibrato – not the equipment one would immediately associate with innocence. But she projected that quality from her very first scene, through her bearing, her phrasing, her way of moving through the drama as if nothing in it would ever hurt her. Read More...
A big yes to Noah
26 May 2009 Filed in: Competitions
Golden sound, great intonation, rectitude in Mendelssohn’s Elijah, melting lyricism in Janacek’s Jenufa, forthright emotion in Puccini’s Vissi d’arte, deep psychology in Verdi’s Ritorna vincitor -- this gal left little to be desired. Read More...