Reviews

"There were many surprises over the opera's 60 minutes and they were all good. If you miss Emma Roxburgh's performance as a business-suited Dido, with Morag McDowell's Belinda as her fussing PA, you deny yourself one of the finest performances to be seen on an Auckland stage this year." William Dart, NZ Herald July 2009

“Viva Voce produced outstanding singing with an enormous range of expression. … The programme [was a] dazzling mixture of classical, popular and fun songs using rich vocal imagery. … This enjoyable singing came from a finely-tuned choir which had plenty of well-controlled horsepower.”

"Viva Voce have understandably gained a large following for dishing up consistently up-beat and witty programmes."

"What a welcome change from a usual ultra-serious classical diet. Auckland’s choir-with-attitude…show[s]…that entertainment can sit happily with excellence.”

William Dart (NZ Herald) described Viva Voce’s singing in December’s The Full Monte’ as both vibrant and sensitive, with “full, rich chords against brilliant instrumental flourishes” and “shifting textures, gauged to perfection”, while Rod Biss (Listener) gave the concert top billing among his highlights of 2007.