Maren performed Lansing McLoskey’s One Book Called Ulysses, a tour de force written for mezzo and sinfonietta, with Ensemble Ibis in Miami on Saturday, October 5. This was the second performance of that work, which […]
Maren’s solo in Edie Hill’s Spectral Spirits was called out in this RARB.org review of The Crossing’s 2022 Grammy-nominated album, BORN. Read the full article here. “Soloists Maren Montalbano and Rebecca Myers blow me away…”Montalbano’s […]
Ms. Montalbano’s performance of Baltic and Nordic songs in Lyric Fest’s Songs from the Tundra was described as “winning” by the Broad Street Review. Maren Montalbano sang with warmth and expression that added luster to […]
Opera Today had many wonderful things to say about the premiere of Lembit Beecher’s new opera about Alzheimer’s disease, Sky on Swings. Ms. Montalbano was mentioned in her role as a part of a quartet […]
The Review The Broad Street Review article was a review of The Crossing‘s second Month of Moderns 2018 concert, titled VOYAGES. Ms. Montalbano sang a solo in the world premiere of Benjamin C.S. Boyle’s Voyages […]
The Review The Philadelphia Inquirer review was a comparison of how the different performance spaces (Philadelphia Episcopal Cathedral vs. Merkin Concert Hall) affected how the works were heard. Ms. Montalbano is mentioned briefly (using her […]
Josquin des Prez’s Missa “Pange lingua” and David Lang’s The Little Match Girl Passion were a part of the February “Cantatas and Chamber Music” series at Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill. The Review The Chestnut […]
Ms. Montalbano performed in ANDY: A Popera, an exciting new cabaret/opera hybrid about Andy Warhol, in which she, along with 11 other Opera Philadelphia chorus members, play the role of Andy Warhol — or rather, his […]
Ms. Montalbano made her Perelman Hall debut this weekend as a guest artist of Tempesta di Mare. Together, they performed the modern world premiere of the Baroque zarzuela, Destinos vencen finezas (Destiny Trumps your Vows) […]
This past weekend, Ms. Montalbano performed at the Eastern State Penitentiary with Piffaro, the Renaissance Band. The program consisted of mostly English ballads addressing themes of murder, thievery, unjust imprisonment, and penitence. The Philadelphia Inquirer […]
