LYNN OWEN - IN OPERA AND IN CONCERT

Lynn Owen in Opera and in Concert

Der Freischutz

New York Daily News

Soprano Lynn Owen was the show stealer as Agathe. Her big healthy lyric sound shimmered in the best Germanic tradition, and she clearly knew what the role was all about.

Chelsea Clinton/Westsider

Lynn Owen was utterly radiant in this part and thrillingly rapt in her big aria "Leise, Leise." She also seemed to have a halo around her, yet it was a warm human interpretation.

Fidelio

New York Times

Lynn Owen was most impressive. A strong, clear communicative singer.

York County Star

Ms. Owen was excellent vocally in the part of Leonora. Her dramatic soprano was well suited to the part.

Traveler

It is a vocally demanding role and she never better than in her dramatic aria, which all but stoped the show.

Lynn Owen as Lena in Death of the Virgin

Lynn Owen, leading soprano with opera companies in Europe, North and South America, including Hamburg, Zurich, Cologne, Caracas and the Metropolitan Opera has a repertoire of over fifty major roles. An honors graduate of Juilliard and the Vienna Akademie of Music, she is also a gifted recitalist, concert and oratorio singer.

Un Ballo in Maschera

Courier-News, New Jersey

Amelia was sung with fervor and passion by beautiful blonde Metropolitan soprano Lynn Owen. Her Act III aria, "Morro, Ma Prima in Grazia" was performance that would have brought a standing ovation at any opera house in the world.

In Concert

New York Daily News

"Patterns" with words of Amy Lowell deftly combines wit, sentiment and dramatic sincerity with most satisfying results...Met soprano Lynn Owen sang the songs beautifully.

Clinton News

And here at last was a soprano, the evocative Lynn Owen...with her own special radiance..."Patterns," to Lowell's long narrative poem, was an especially bravura achievement.

Europe

Leonora "Il Trovatore" Zurich Festwochen." A vocally and dramatically lustrous performance to an enchanted public."

Jaroslavna "Prince Igor". A glorious voice and mobility in acting. Not the slightest tension, relaxed and graceful throughout.

The princess "Turandot". The singing-actor has been achieved. Lynn Owen made a fascinating appearance from devillshly blase to the final surrender to her lover. Her voice mastered the part brilliantly.

United States

The New York Times, Carnegie Hall, Henze, " Nachstucke und Arien", Wiegenlied", "Befrieit". Ariadne's Monologue. Lynn Owen has a sizable, warm voice, excellent sense of pitch, a dependable technique and the ability to carry extended Straussian phrases in single breaths and vitality and care for enunciation of the test.

Los Angeles Times, Maddalena in "Andrea Chenier". Lynn Owen has a voice to reckon with. She sang compellingly, with affecting beauty, acting convingingly.

"Tosca" Los Angeles Opera Company. "Vissi d'arte' brought down the house with its poignant opulance."

Mexico, Belles Artes, Enriche Diemecke conductor, "All Wagner Concert". Prelude and Liebestod. Lynn Owen interpreted Isolde very impressively. She came Isolde showing the tragic sentiments with the delicate gestures of her elegant body. Her "Senta Ballad" from Fliegende Hollander was followed by "Dich Teure Halle" after the intermission, demonstrating excellent vocal technique, melodiousness and vocal command. The audience gave ovations to orchestra soloist and choir who graciously acceded with encores and demand for a repeat of the Liebestod. The entire concert a "Chef d"oeuvre," an unforgettable success. Lynn Owen is unique for the total beauty of her person and her art.