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“Soprano Shawnette Sulker rode the coloratura waves of “Marten aller arten” with apt defiance and dazzling high notes.”

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12 January 2017Review of Abduction from the Seraglio, The Mercury News

“Soprano Shawnette Sulker was an excellent Cunegonde, singing with polished clarity and practically bringing down the house in the sparkling coloratura of ‘Glitter and be Gay.’”

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12 January 2017Review of Candide, The San Francisco Chronicle

Past Production Reviews

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Messalina, Pallavicino
D: Céline Ricci
C: Jory Vinikour
An “Anti-Fidelio” Opera from 17th-Century Venice

Thus, between the wealth of physical comedy of dalliance and Pallavicino’s abundance of engaging music, the duration of the entire program proceeded at a spirited clip, resulting in an audience leaving the ODC Theater in high spirits.

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20 November 2021therehearsalstudio.blogspot.comStephen Smoliar
Ars Minerva Undrapes a Lusty Messalina

Ars Minerva’s Messalina was steamy, tuneful, and above all imaginative

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22 November 2021www.sfcv.orgNicholas Jones
Ifigenia in Aulide, Porta, G.
D: Céline Ricci
C: Derek Tam
A San Francisco Troupe Is Spicing Up Forgotten Baroque Operas

A San Francisco troupe is spicing up forgotten baroque operas

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14 November 2018www.atlasobscura.comSamantha London
Giovanni Porta’s IFIGENIA IN AULIDE: Ars Minerva Ventures into the 18th Century

This was an elaborately choreographed Ifigenia in Aulide, one that held our attention and emphasized the Greek notion of Nemesis.

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07 December 2018berkeleydailyplanet.comJames Roy MacBean