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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 dramatic works like “Det syng” (The Song) by Edvard Grieg (1843-1907) and “Amidst Weeping,” a fervent nationalistic polemic by Ukrainian Vadym […]

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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 […]