“SOPRANO LEADS RIVETING ARCADIA PERFORMANCE - Performing both works with distinctive technique and riveting dramatic force was soprano Sudie Marcuse …conflicting impulses of shame and consuming desire for revenge ignite the text, and Marcuse connected with these emotions in her searing negotiations of convoluted melismas, agile leaps and elegant ornamentations…daintiness and seductive delicacy were also part of Marcuse’s vocal arsenal, as she told the story of Judith.”
Clifton J. Noble, Springfield Union-News
“Soprano Sudie Marcuse pierced the cathedral’s acoustical opacity with welcome clarity and a celestial quality that perfectly fit the occasion.”
Eric Sean Weld, Daily Hampshire Gazette
Cynthia O. Topps, Times Herald-Record
“Soprano Sudie Marcuse… delivered a radiant "Laudamus te" and a nimble, elegant "Quoniam tu solus sanctus," with an appropriately "altissimus" B-flat…”
Clifton J. Noble, Springfield Union-News
“…deserving special mention was the quartet which opened Part III of ‘Messiah.” The understated aria, “I know that my redeemer liveth” capitalized on the maximum talents of soprano Sudie Marcuse…”
Mark Baszak, Springfield Union-News
“Marcuse…emerged as the most stunning soloist in her breadth of mature, facile, understated, exquisite delivery.”
Karen Wilson-Plaza, Daily Hampshire Gazette
“Marcuse opened part III with a glowing, confident and tender “I know that my redeemer liveth,” ending the aria with a delicious cadential ornament.”
Clifton J. Noble, Springfield Union-News
“The final piece on the program featured the impressive soprano talents of Sudie Marcuse…in a stark, somewhat unforgiving setting of Shakespeare’s 130th sonnet by 21-year-old Luna Woolf…all concerned turned in a strong performance, particularly Marcuse. So virtuosic was Woolf’s vocal writing and so tricky the dynamic balance between voice and instruments, Marcuse trod a thin line between being a singer and a member of a wind quintet.”
Clifton J. Noble, Springfield Union-News
