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 mezzo frames many of the choral pieces with short namings of the birds in question, a recitative that has its […]
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 married name, Brehm) for the solo she sang in Anna Thorvaldsdottir’s response, “Ad Genua.” Philly group The Crossing wows at […]
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 […]