​Edrie Means Weekly Co-Founder Contemporary Commercial Music Vocal Pedagogy Institute

Some Highlights From The Press : Opera & Concerts

 

 

Cosi Fan Tutte, Despina

 

             “Edrie Means contributed a vocally meaty Despina.” Opera News, William Albright

 

              “ (Edrie) offered superb work. Edrie Means as the maid Despina, whose worldly and opportunistic view of love matches                                  Don Alfonso’s. (Means) combined  superb tonal clarity with vivid characterization.”                      

                                                                                                                                                                 Houston Chronicle, Charles Ward

             

              “Edrie Means’ bright, perky singing as the maid Despina and her saucy but realistically controlled characterization brought                          definite assets to this role.”                  The Houston Post, Carl Cunningham

 

 

Planet 8 (World Premiere Phillip Glass), Klin

 

               “Soprano Edrie Means sang brilliantly as Klin, the fruit maker.”

                                                                                            Opera News, Opera Magazine, London, Los Angeles Times William Albright

 

                “Soprano Edrie Means showed a bright, rich tone as Klin, the planet’s fruit maker.”

                                                                                                                                                              The Houston Post, Carl Cunningham

 

Carmen, Frasquita

 

                 “ . . . The supporting cast was often better. Several secondary roles were also interesting for the quality of voices and/or the                          character portrayals. Soprano Edrie Means had some bright, silvery moments during the third act card trio.”

                                                                                                   The Houston Post, Carl Cunningham

 

                 “Edrie Means . . . was a pealingly crystalline Frasquita.”                                   

                                                                                                      Opera Magazine, London, William Albright

 

                 “Edrie Means and Julia Anne Wolf as Frasquita and Mercedes. Singing actors like these, which the Washington

                   Opera seems to  at last to be developing, provide the company with exceptional depth and give us such exquisite

                   moments as the production’s fortune-telling scene and the smuggler’s quintet.”                            

                                                                                                                                                                    Intermission, Ronald G. Precup

 

 

Hansel and Gretel, Sandman/Dew Fairy

 

                  “Edrie Means was a clear-toned Sandman and Dew Fairy.”                     Opera Magazine, London, William Albright

 

 

Lyric Art Festival, and National Public Radio 

 

                 “Soprano, Edrie Means sang the Gershwin songs sumptuously . . .” Houston Chronicle, Charles Ward

 

                 “A set of well-known Gershwin songs and arias provided a strangely familiar vocal interlude in this program of infrequently                          heard music. Edrie Means sang them with a rather dark, rich and dramatic tone.”          

                                                                                                                                                    Houston Post, Carl Cunningham

 

                 “Talented Edrie Means sang with style such Gershwin numbers as Someone To Watch Over Me, and My Man’s Gone Now.

                  Even the verses were attractive. Means’ spectacular voice, effective acting, and depth of emotion should take her far.”                                                                                                                                                                                            The Eagle, Thyra Plass