Berio Sequenza III SSO Complete SequenziM6 May 2000MMerlyn Quaife soprano
"...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 1994MMerlyn Quaife Medea
Dan Thompson Herald Sun reviewer
"Merlyn Quaife's Medea is magnificent. She glows with manevolent 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 ChapelM6 - 7 March 2003MMerlyn Quaife Elle
John Slavin reviewer
"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 andante.com reviewer
"A Fearless Soprano Fascinates.
"Think a recital of Australian art songs is bound to be dull? Not when Merlyn Quaife
is singing them."
SchoenbergPierrot Lunaire
OperaOperaMAugust 2003MMerlyn Quaife Pierrot
David Gyger reviewer
"I was able to savor every nuance not only of her singing but of her extraordinary performance persona and body language."
SchoenbergString Quartet No 2 Arditti String QuartetM2 November 2002MMerlyn Quaife soprano
Clive O'Connell reviewer
"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."
