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As Yum-Yum in The Mikado with Bronx Opera Company
“The finest singing of the afternoon came from Barbee Monk as Yum-Yum, with a superbly tuned, full-lyric soprano and flawless diction.”
-Robert Levine, ClassicsToday
“Barbee Monk as Yum-Yum and Jonathan Price as Nanki-Poo were naturals, with the requisite glibness and bounce to make their characters spring to life. Their tongue-in-cheek approach to the high drama of this delicious comedy lifted the entire performance. Monk slathered her dialogue with a rich Southern drawl and lavished her plush, vibrant soprano on Sullivan’s lilting melodies.”
-Rick Perdian, Seen and Heard International
“Barbee Monk, as Yum-Yum, shined in a strong and clear ‘The sun whose rays are all ablaze’.”
Loren Lester, Schmopera
“As Yum-Yum, soprano Barbee Monk brought a vain and vivacious flair that often drew one’s attention and lent more agency to the character.”
Logan Martell, OperaWire
As Dew Fairy in Hansel and Gretel with Opera Theatre of Montclair
“The Dew fairy, who comes to awaken the children, was gently sung by the lyric soprano [Barbee] Monk.”
-Ellen Godfrey, Voce di Meche
“Humperdinck and Wette also invented…a Dew Fairy (Barbee Monk) to wake them….Monk’s aria is charming.”
-Gwen Orel, Montclair Local
As Anne Page in Vaughan Williams' Sir John in Love with Bronx Opera Company
“Anne Page (Barbee Monk) is the daughter of George (Nick Miller) and Meg Page (Mary-Hollis Hundley). Though she feigns good girl compliance, Anne is really in love with young Fenton (Tom Mulder), a gentleman at Court. Monk and Mulder are tender together in their fine duets, contributing a great deal to the surrounding warmth and joy bubbling up frequently from the score.”
Gerda Lissner Lieder/Art Song Competition Winners Recital
“Barbee Monk sang Strauss’ ‘Zueignung’ with a soaring soprano well suited to the music’s almost Wagnerian flow. The finale is triumphant with expectation and hope. Ms. Monk was a herald of song.”
-Nino Pantano, BrooklynDiscovery.com
As Pamina in Die Zauberflöte with Opera Theatre of Montclair
“The cast, under the direction of Markus Grae-Hauck, was sterling, including…a sparkling Barbee Monk as Pamina….[They] were all outstanding, and the audience was indeed mesmerized by the singers.”
-Kevin Scott, Composer/Conductor, Personal Facebook Page
As Soprano I soloist in Vivaldi’s Gloria with Music at Atonement
“We agreed afterwards - we want to hear more of our own Bob LeClair, oboe, and Barbee Monk, soprano, together.”
-Church of the Atonement Official Facebook Page
As Pamina in Die Zauberflöte with Frost Opera Theatre
“Tamino’s…reunion duet with the Pamina of Barbee Monk was exquisitely sung. Monk brought ravishing tones to Ach, ich fuhl’s [sic], intensely projecting the depths of Pamina’s despair at Tamino’s silence and indifference.”
-Lawrence Budmen, Miami Herald/South Florida Classical Review
“Entre el grupo de alumnos de posgrado en los papeles principales hay que destacar a Barbee Monk que como Pamina logró momentos de singular belleza.”
(Among the group of graduate students in the lead roles we should mention that as Pamina Barbee Monk managed moments of unique beauty.)
-Daniel Fernandez, El nuevo Herald/Teatro en Miami
As Anne Trulove in scenes from The Rake’s Progress with Frost Opera Theatre
Barbee Monk’s attractive vocalism adorned the hapless Anne Trulove as she tried to comfort Rakewell’s deluded assumption of Adonis, the scene touching in Johnson’s vivid staging.
-Lawrence Budmen, South Florida Classical Review