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"Elly Erickson is an American soprano who performed a fittingly Pan-Nordic program on Thursday evening at Scandinavia House [including] works by Swedes, Norwegians, and Finns. Her Memorial Day weekend barbecue was both rare and well-done….Her program included not only bucolic and ancient music, but also songs by composers virtually unknown in America, including Alf Hurum, Agathe Backer Grøndahl, and Lars Johan Werle...[Rangström’s] The Girl Under the Moon was delightfully playful, Pan was calm and contemplative, and the masterful Only Moment was delivered with a haunting melancholic quality that belied Ms. Erickson’s youth…. A kindred spirit to Ms. Erickson, [Petersen-Berger] helped to expose his insulated culture and musical heritage to a larger audience. Her rendition of [his] Titania was thrilling… With Ms. Erickson’s infectious ethnomusicological spirit and solid raw material, she should develop into a fine and interesting ambassador for her rapidly vanishing culture. Besides, when was the last time you attended a recital that opened with Norwegian cow calls?" 
- The New York Sun, 2007

"Elly Erickson made an ordinary Thursday evening lovely with a concert of Nordic songs of love, joy, and melancholy at Scandinavia House." 
- Nordstjernan, Swedish Newspaper, New York, 2007

"The event that really blew my mind was the colorful program of largely Scandinavian music presented by soprano Elly Erickson…This diminutive young woman thrilled everyone with the range, clarity and astonishing force, yet awesome delicacy, of a seemingly seamless voice."
- Lakeville Journal, Dutchess County, NY, 2006

"First-rate…served up one of the evening’s finest moments." 
- The Tennessean, Nashville, 2005

"A very real doll (soprano Elly Erickson) portrayed the role of the mischievous automaton. Her perfect timing and silvery, sparkling reach could have cracked crystal. Instead the entire chorus keeled over as one, when she hit "F" above high C. What a comic touch to highlight a remarkable soprano!"
- North County News, Westchester, NY 2005

"Of the stepsisters, the sassy and selfish Clorinda as played by Elly Erickson attracted much of the attention not only for total commitment to character, but also for the dramatic expression and purity of tone she brings to her aria of disappointment in not winning at love."
- Times Herald-Record, The Catskills, 2004

"Wowed a packed house at the Playhouse on the Green." 
- Connecticut Post, 2003

"Elly Erickson possesses a powerful, very smooth, incredibly flexible and intense coloratura voice, as well as charm, stage-presence, is rich in varying interpretation [and] performed with passion and brilliance.....she reproduced that demanding piece [Der Hölle Rache] with virtuosity and perfect intonation." 
- Smålandsposten, Växjö, Sweden, 2003

"The American scholar, Elly Erickson (with Swedish ancestry), was a phenomenon hard to comprehend. Out of this 5-foot tall, petite-framed girl, came a volume that made you jump out of your seat...the high F of the Queen of The Night (The Magic Flute) and Adele’s sparkling coloratura in the third act of Die Fledermaus (where she introduces herself as an actress) suited this charming and extroverted girl as if they were written solely for her." 
- Eskilstuna Kuriren, The Castle of Malstanäs, Sweden, 2003

 

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