Ms. Montalbano was praised in the press for her performance in Lyric Fest’s Bawdy Bard. Lyric Fest’s ‘Bawdy Bard’ – Tom Purdom for Broad Street Review, September 27, 2011 Mezzo Maren Montalbano added color and personal liveliness; bass Colin Dill contributed a pleasingly unforced masculinity; and tenor Steven Bradshaw spanned a broad range with a […]
Broad Street Review
Review: Abraham & Isaac
The Broad Street Review reviewed Ms. Montalbano’s performance in Benjamin Britten’s Abraham and Isaac with Choral Arts of Philadelphia. Choral Arts Society’s Gesualdo Program (2nd Review): David Price’s dark tenor and Maren Montalbano’s mezzo created a vivid, remorseless picture of a father tormented by divided loyalties and a son who gradually works out the truth […]