“Amanda Forbes (Fraülein Bürstner/Leni) supplies some of most nearly-comic moments of the evening, seducing with an instinctive and earthy vacuity that quite disarms the young bank manager.”
The Arts Desk
The Trial by Philip Glass
The Arts Desk
The Trial by Philip Glass
“Stunning, astounding, disorientating: these banal adjectives are the best I can find to describe the impact of this utterly bizarre but bewitching one-act opera… …four excellent singers, Amanda Forbes, William Towers, George Humphreys, Michael Bennett – the performance could hardly have been better.”
The Telegraph
Rupert Christiansen – The Killing Flower by Salvatore Sciarrino, Linbury Studio, Royal Opera House Covent Garden
The Telegraph
Rupert Christiansen – The Killing Flower by Salvatore Sciarrino, Linbury Studio, Royal Opera House Covent Garden
“Soprano Amanda Forbes is bewitching and plaintive as the too-loving Duchess.”
Manchester Theatre Awards
The Killing Flower by Salvatore Sciarrino, Buxton Opera House
Manchester Theatre Awards
The Killing Flower by Salvatore Sciarrino, Buxton Opera House
Miss Forbes is a beautiful and sensuous princess in a medieval robe, who appears to have stepped right out of an Umbrian fresco.
Opera Brittania
'...amazing chemistry between Simon Lobelson as Rigoletto and Amanda Forbes as Gilda. Their scene together after Gilda’s rape was truly heartbreaking. I would gladly see the production again just to watch this scene one more time. Both Lobelson and Forbes are truly exceptional in their respective parts.'
Gilda, Rigoletto - Richmond Theatre, Opera Novella / UK Theatre Network Magazine
'Amanda Forbes, Overall she was unsurpassed'
Donna Anna, Don Giovanni Online Review, George Younis Bahrain
‘Amanda Forbes sang with great power and virtually flawless breath control and accuracy’
Vivaldi ‘Nulla in Mundo’ & Scarlatti ‘Su Le Sponde del Tebro’ with the Ten Tors Orchestra / The Herald
‘Amanda Forbes made a near ideal, diaphanous Gilda, floating – in the series of duets with the two men she loves – with an intuitive freedom. With her long – breathed phrasing in ‘Caro Nome’ she announced herself as a Verdian Soprano of tragic vulnerability’
Gilda, Rigoletto - Clonter Opera / Opera Now
Gilda, Rigoletto - Richmond Theatre, Opera Novella / UK Theatre Network Magazine
'Amanda Forbes, Overall she was unsurpassed'
Donna Anna, Don Giovanni Online Review, George Younis Bahrain
‘Amanda Forbes sang with great power and virtually flawless breath control and accuracy’
Vivaldi ‘Nulla in Mundo’ & Scarlatti ‘Su Le Sponde del Tebro’ with the Ten Tors Orchestra / The Herald
‘Amanda Forbes made a near ideal, diaphanous Gilda, floating – in the series of duets with the two men she loves – with an intuitive freedom. With her long – breathed phrasing in ‘Caro Nome’ she announced herself as a Verdian Soprano of tragic vulnerability’
Gilda, Rigoletto - Clonter Opera / Opera Now
Amanda Forbes, as the pure and innocent Gilda, gave the character real youthful life, as well as singing of a creamy richness that is rarely encountered in a young voice. She will develop into a very exciting singer indeed’
Gilda, Rigoletto - Clonter Opera / Manchester Evening News
‘Glamorous soprano Amanda Forbes subtly conveyed her role's tenderness and eroticism’
Carmina Burana with the Black Dyke Band & Halifax Choral Society / Halifax Evening Courier
'All singers were excellent, Amanda Forbes (Johanna) displayed a nice lyric soprano'
Johanna, Sweeney Todd - Teatro Comunale di Bologna / The Opera Critic
‘The programme also provided an ideal platform for Australian soprano, Amanda Forbes, whose superb technique and powerful delivery were ideally suited to the repertoire, with the result that she simply appeared head and shoulders above the other three soloists’
Haydn Nelson Mass & The Creation with the Ten Tors Orchestra / The Herald
This classic fairytale is given a new lease of life by a seven strong ensemble that are not only all virtuoso singers but talented character actors as well - a rare treat. This was mainly due to the comic timing of Martin Lamb and Amanda Forbes, whose jealous, childish and greedy portrayals of the Baron and his daughter were extremely effective"
Clorinda, Cinderella - Scottish Opera, Edinburgh / Three Weeks (Edinburgh and general festivals review site)
‘Amanda Forbes's engaging voice and personality flitted effortlessly between Monteverdi and Donizetti, a magical aria from Ambroise Thomas's Mignon, and Gilbert and Sullivan.’
Essential Scottish Opera Tour / The Scotsman
Gilda, Rigoletto - Clonter Opera / Manchester Evening News
‘Glamorous soprano Amanda Forbes subtly conveyed her role's tenderness and eroticism’
Carmina Burana with the Black Dyke Band & Halifax Choral Society / Halifax Evening Courier
'All singers were excellent, Amanda Forbes (Johanna) displayed a nice lyric soprano'
Johanna, Sweeney Todd - Teatro Comunale di Bologna / The Opera Critic
‘The programme also provided an ideal platform for Australian soprano, Amanda Forbes, whose superb technique and powerful delivery were ideally suited to the repertoire, with the result that she simply appeared head and shoulders above the other three soloists’
Haydn Nelson Mass & The Creation with the Ten Tors Orchestra / The Herald
This classic fairytale is given a new lease of life by a seven strong ensemble that are not only all virtuoso singers but talented character actors as well - a rare treat. This was mainly due to the comic timing of Martin Lamb and Amanda Forbes, whose jealous, childish and greedy portrayals of the Baron and his daughter were extremely effective"
Clorinda, Cinderella - Scottish Opera, Edinburgh / Three Weeks (Edinburgh and general festivals review site)
‘Amanda Forbes's engaging voice and personality flitted effortlessly between Monteverdi and Donizetti, a magical aria from Ambroise Thomas's Mignon, and Gilbert and Sullivan.’
Essential Scottish Opera Tour / The Scotsman
‘Amanda Forbes and Anna Grevelius were appealing lovers in ‘I Capuleti e i Montecchi’, Forbes accurate in Giulietta's coloratura’
National Opera Studio Showcase / Opera Magazine
‘Amanda Forbes' pure-voiced, fragile Giulietta.’
National Opera Studio Showcase / The Times
'Amanda Forbes doesn't lack for beauty of sound.'
Sandrina, La Finta Giardiniera, Royal Academy of Music / The Times
National Opera Studio Showcase / Opera Magazine
‘Amanda Forbes' pure-voiced, fragile Giulietta.’
National Opera Studio Showcase / The Times
'Amanda Forbes doesn't lack for beauty of sound.'
Sandrina, La Finta Giardiniera, Royal Academy of Music / The Times
