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Erin is currently in rehearsals for L'amour de loin (Love From Afar) at the Canadian Opera Company, which opens February 2nd.
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Below are some recent reviews from Thaïs at the Edinburgh Festival (August 18, 2011). To read the full review, click the link at the end of each one.
"Erin Wall is the Thaïs of one’s dreams, wielding a soprano of radiance, pristine beauty and tingling top notes, which she hit with a conviction that only comes with stage experience and a solid technique. Singing without a score, she made us believe every word." - Andrew Clark, The Financial Times
"Revivals are rare, largely because of the immense difficulties, vocal and dramatic, of the title role. They were more than met, however, in this concert performance by Canadian soprano Erin Wall. Her glamour is magnetic: you understand why, at the start, men are prepared to bankrupt themselves for Thaïs. More important, however, is the extraordinary ease and sumptuousness of her tone, and a hovering, ecstatic quality in her singing that makes her so convincing as both sexual icon and saint...Ultimately, though, this was Wall's night. I hesitate to write "a star is born" after a single hearing, but she will unquestionably become one if she carries on like this." - Tim Ashley, The Guardian
"The singing was solid, led by an exceptional Thaïs from Erin Wall. Her lustrous, gleaming soprano had just the right colour for the legendary beauty of the courtesan but she portrayed a winning sense of vulnerability in the first scene of Act 2 when we first see Thaïs’ private reflections on growing old and losing her powers. The mirror aria showed the character’s brittle insecurity through exceptional runs and leaps, before she then pulled off the impossible feat of making Thaïs’ transition to the religious penitent almost convincing, and her duet with Athanaël at the oasis was lovely. After scaling the heights of the death scene she richly deserved the standing ovation she was given at the end." - Simon Thompson, MusicWeb International
"At its heart was a monumental performance by Canadian soprano Erin Wall as Thaïs. It was sensuousness, vocally mind-blowing, and sturdily supported by Quinn Kelsey's stoical Athanael..." - Kenneth Walton, The Scotsman
"Canadian soprano Erin Wall was a revelation as Thaïs, fully inhabiting the role and combining astonishing technical control with beautifully creamy, focused tone." - Hugo Shirley, The Telegraph
