Reviews
L’enfant in Ravel’s L’enfant et les sortilèges with Mo. Ozawa and the Berliner Philharmoniker
The second half of the program was a live concert performance of Ravel’s L’enfant et les sortilèges, featuring a who’s who of young opera talent. Toronto audiences may remember mezzo soprano Emily Fons from her memorable turn as Cherubino in the Claus Guth-directed version of Le nozze di Figaro produced by the Canadian Opera Company…
Read MoreDon Giovanni at The Florentine Opera
Mezzo-soprano Emily Fons created a fiery, deeply human Donna Elvira, blending a dark, warm, mezzo sound, with vocal agility and an easy command of the role’s soprano range. Elaine Schmidt for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Read MoreLe Nozze Di Figaro at Boston Lyric Opera
The standout of the cast was a Woody Guthrie-inspired Cherubino in jeans, cowboy hat, and carrying a guitar, performed outstandingly by Emily Fons. The classic pants role was convincingly acted. Her boyish tosses of the arm and a gawky posture simply made the audience forget they were looking at a woman until she opened her…
Read MoreDorabella in Cosi Fan Tutte with Opera Omaha
The equal of Majeski’s Fiordiligi was Emily Fons’s Dorabella. Fons’s rich voice, elegant line, and playful manner left one longing for more. The duets between the sisters were transcendent: Majeski and Fons sang with such consonance of breath, dynamic, phrasing, and emotion it was as if they were one voice singing in perfect harmony with…
Read MoreSusanna by G.F. Handel at the International Handel Festival in Göttingen, Germany
Fons was an affecting Susanna, with her gorgeous rich tone, super diction, exquisite coloratura and her detailed attention to the text producing lambent tones on critical notes. One can single out the air “Bending to the throne of glory” as displaying all her strengths, with a sustained controlled cadenza in the da capo. Another tour…
Read MoreLa Cenerentola, Opéra de Lille
… la jeune Emily Fons est, dans le rôle-titre, une heureuse révélation, alliant un timbre riche et corsé à une projection aussi insolente que son agilité. Un soupçon de larme sur la voix, un rien de sobriété dans l’art de l’ornementation, et elle sera sans aucun doute une très grande Angelina. … the young Emily…
Read MoreLe Nozze di Figaro, Canadian Opera Company
The tone is set early on with Fons’ achingly beautiful and poignant rendering of Cherubino’s “Non so piu cosa son.” – Michael Crabb, Toronto Star Emily Fons is an androgynous delight as Cherubino, with a honeyed yet light voice and great physical daring. – Lydia Perovic, The Globe and Mail
Read MoreDon Giovani, The San Diego Opera
Mozart gave all the memorable tunes to Zerlina, and Fons’ fresh, shimmering mezzo made the most of Moazart’s bounty, especially her aria used to comfort Masetto “Vedrai, Carino.” – Ken Herman, San Diego Story Fons…seems to be at the onset of a most impressive career. Her singing was an iridescent wave of vocal color as she…
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