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MAHLER 4th SYMPHONY, BBC Scottish Symphony
“This movement saw the contribution of the young Korean soprano Ji Young Yang, and her interpretation of the words from Das Knaben Wunderhorn, a collection of German folk poems, was sensational. There was vigour and there was passion but in the main there was ethereal beauty, all wrapped up in a performance of stunning quality.“
“In spite of some sinister sleigh bells and screeching orchestral interjections, soprano Ji Young Yang secured a final victory for the childlike and innocent in the work as her plaintive song drew the symphony to a hushed close.“
“This movement saw the contribution of the young Korean soprano Ji Young Yang, and her interpretation of the words from Das Knaben Wunderhorn, a collection of German folk poems, was sensational. There was vigour and there was passion but in the main there was ethereal beauty, all wrapped up in a performance of stunning quality.“
Garry Fraser, The Courier, Dundee
“In spite of some sinister sleigh bells and screeching orchestral interjections, soprano Ji Young Yang secured a final victory for the childlike and innocent in the work as her plaintive song drew the symphony to a hushed close.“
Kenneth Walton, The Scotsman, Edinburgh
APPOMATTOX, San Francisco Opera
“The cast was admirable…Ji Young Yang, an appealing lyric soprano playing Lee's winsome daughter, and Noah Stewart, a gifted young tenor as the courageous black journalist T. Morris Chester, were standouts.“
“The cast was admirable…Ji Young Yang, an appealing lyric soprano playing Lee's winsome daughter, and Noah Stewart, a gifted young tenor as the courageous black journalist T. Morris Chester, were standouts.“
Anthony Tommasini, The New York Times
ELIXIR OF LOVE, San Francisco Opera
“Korean soprano Ji Young Yang continues to make her bid as Next Adler Fellow to Make it Big, performing the town gossip, Giannetta, with beautifully direct lines and an assured stage presence.“
“The cast is rounded with Ji Young Yang, as a village maiden, Gianetta. In the family version, Ji Young takes the role of Adina, with effortless grace.“
“Rounding out the cast was Adler Fellow Ji Young Yang, giving a sweet performance as Giannetta.“
“Korean soprano Ji Young Yang continues to make her bid as Next Adler Fellow to Make it Big, performing the town gossip, Giannetta, with beautifully direct lines and an assured stage presence.“
Michael J. Vaughn, The Opera Critic
“The cast is rounded with Ji Young Yang, as a village maiden, Gianetta. In the family version, Ji Young takes the role of Adina, with effortless grace.“
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“Rounding out the cast was Adler Fellow Ji Young Yang, giving a sweet performance as Giannetta.“
Joshua Kosman, The San Francisco Chronicle
ELIXIR OF LOVE, Boston Lyric Opera
“Ji Young Yang, making her company debut, was likable in the small role of the village girl Giannetta.“
“Ji Young Yang, making her company debut, was likable in the small role of the village girl Giannetta.“
Jeremy Eichler, The Boston Globe
HORST'S CREATURE SONGS, Earplay
“All three songs formed a lovely hymn and quasi-love-poem to nature. Soprano Yang…was especially outstanding in her not-so-easy role, often soaring intor very high registers.“
“All three songs formed a lovely hymn and quasi-love-poem to nature. Soprano Yang…was especially outstanding in her not-so-easy role, often soaring intor very high registers.“
Heuwell Tircuit, The San Francisco Chronicle
THE FUTURE IS NOW, San Francisco Opera Adler Concert
“Charming and excellent as Yang was in the Trio, she really shone as Semele in scenes from the Handel opera…. The coloratura …did beautifully in the scene, the San Francisco Opera Orchestra, conducted by Patrick Summers, was at its best as well.
“Charming and excellent as Yang was in the Trio, she really shone as Semele in scenes from the Handel opera…. The coloratura …did beautifully in the scene, the San Francisco Opera Orchestra, conducted by Patrick Summers, was at its best as well.
Janos Gereben, The San Francisco Examiner
MUSIC AT MEYER, San Francisco Opera Adler Concert
“…[Yang] had a busy evening. Her "Fire Aria" from Ravel's L'Enfant et les sortilèges and, especially, "Myself I Shall Adore" from Handel's Semele, were fluent and graceful. The silvery quality in her voice was reminiscent of the young Elizabeth Futral's virtuosity as a coloratura soprano.
“…[Yang] had a busy evening. Her "Fire Aria" from Ravel's L'Enfant et les sortilèges and, especially, "Myself I Shall Adore" from Handel's Semele, were fluent and graceful. The silvery quality in her voice was reminiscent of the young Elizabeth Futral's virtuosity as a coloratura soprano.
Janos Gereben, Classical Voice