Berio Sequenza III
SSO Complete Sequenzi Merlyn Quaife Soprano
6 May 2000
“ ...could hardly fail to be gripped by the virtuosity of her performance, at times creating the illusion that she was a whole cast of performers engaged in bringing to life a small-scale drama. ”
Kerry Medea
Melbourne Merlyn Quaife Medea
Dan Thompson Herald Sun Reviewer 1994
“ Merlyn Quaife’s Medea is magnificent. She glows with malevolent energy, exotic eyes seductive one second, flashing hatred the next... the personification of eroticism, calculation and beauty. ”
Poulenc La Voix Humaine—The Human Voice
Chapel Off Chapel Merlyn Quaife Elle
John Slavin Reviewer 7 March 2003
“ Quaife brings glamour and emotional warmth to the melodious recitative...She exposes the character’s soul to us skin by skin... She creates a small gem that dazzles. ”
Recital Australian Art Song
Merlyn Quaife Soprano and Michael Kieran Harvey Piano
Sandra Bowdler Reviewer
“ A Fearless Soprano Fascinates.
“ Think a recital of Australian art songs is bound to be dull? Not when Merlyn Quaife is singing them. ”
Schoenberg Pierrot Lunaire
OperaOpera Merlyn Quaife Pierrot
David Gyger Reviewer August 2003
“ I was able to savour every nuance not only of her singing but of her extraordinary performance persona and body language. ”
Schoenberg String Quartet No 2
Arditti String Quartet Merlyn Quaife Soprano
Clive O’Connell Reviewer 2 November 2002
“ In fact, Quaife’s no-nonsense style and razor-sharp exactness—in observation of dynamics, care of phrasing, textual clarity—made an ideal match for the quartet. ”
