Of two Purcell discs: "A Purcell recording unequalled in the catalogue"
The Observer

"But of all the soloists Emily Van Evera must take the palm, for her delectable singing ... effortlessly fluent in technique, limpid in tone and sheerly musical ... touching simplicity and directness."
Early Music

"for all the performances [of 'Dido and Aeneas'] available out there, the listener could not do better than this vividly dramatic reading ... and as Dido, Emily Van Evera is the standout. Her death scene is a marvel of ... expiring passion." Newark Star Ledger

"This fresh performance [of 'Dido and Aeneas'] ... places the accent on giving colour and meaning to every word ... a performance that charms as well as moves in abundance ... For me, its closest rival on CD is [X's] gripping account ... But given a simple choice between the two, I'd walk away with this one."
BBC Music Magazine

"a fine group of soloists [led by] Emily Van Evera's passionate Dido ... moods and emotions are vividly expressed throughout ... Van Evera's noble account of Dido's lament [leads to a] feeling of profound grief at the opera's close."
The Daily Telegraph

Of a disc of Italian 16th-century music: "Every once in a while a disc comes along that stops you dead in your tracks. You insist on playing it for every visitor, and you become thoroughly boring, extolling its virtues to everyone who will listen. This is one of those discs and it has everything one could wish for ... it is the soprano Emily Van Evera who is the undoubted star ... most striking is the downright sensuality of her singing, which is at times deliciously erotic. Buy it."
Classic CD

Of two New York appearances with the Taverner Consort selected as Best Early Music Events of the Year: "In performances this fine, Monteverdi challenges the mind, stirs the heart and caresses the soul, which is about all you can ask of music ... The New York performances were a delight ... in both locales the shining soprano of Emily Van Evera stood out."
The New York Times

Emily Van Evera has appeared as a soloist throughout Europe and her native North America with ensembles including the Taverner Consort, Orchestra of the 18th Century, Philharmonia Baroque, the Hilliard Ensemble, London Symphony Orchestra, Tragicomedia, Circa 1500, Musicians of Swanne Alley, Sequentia, Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, Gothic Voices and Academy of St-Martin-in-the-Fields. Conductors for whom she has sung include Andrew Parrott, Frans Brueggen, Joshua Rifkin and Gustav Leonhardt.

Amongst her numerous recordings are award-winning discs of music by Monteverdi, Bach, Vivaldi and Handel with the Taverner Players (EMI, Virgin), by Luigi Rossi with Tragicomedia (Teldec), Cavalli with Concerto Palatino (Harmonia Mundi France) and Elizabethan song and ballads with Musicians of Swanne Alley (Virgin). Most recently, she sang the role of Dido in a Taverner Players/Sony recording of Purcell's Dido and Aeneas ('given a simple choice [among all recordings of the work]...I'd walk away with this one' BBC Music Magazine) and featured on The Promise of Ages ('which Sony might safely have named "Quite Simply the Best Christmas Album Ever" had not that title already been nabbed' BBC Music Magazine). Her unaccompanied singing of music by Hildegard of Bingen was used by Angel Records as the basis of their best-selling Vision, awarded Best Classical Crossover CD of 1995 (Billboard).

Stage and television appearances have included leading roles in operas and dramatic works by Monteverdi, Handel, Charpentier and Lully. Recent engagements include a live broadcast of songs by Charles Ives and Carl Ruggles for the BBC Proms and of dramatic solo works by Rameau and Hasse for CBC, recitals of lieder by Fanny Mendelssohn and performances of Handel's Messiah for American National Public Radio.

Of a recent concert in which Miss Van Evera sang unaccompanied solos between the movements of a Mozart Mass: "The songs ... were the unique and great thing at this concert, as interpreted by soprano Emily Van Evera ... Unsurpassable are her security of intonation, the immaculately clean command of the voice, which blooms magnificently ... and the heart-penetrating shaping of the text: every word has the right emphasis. ... moves listeners most profoundly ... the artist could also take credit for the exceptionally heartfelt applause."
Thurgauer Zeitung

"amongst the five vocal soloists soprano Emily Van Evera showed herself to be a world class artist ... ... an imaginatively gifted composer demands extraordinary interpreters who leave nothing to be wished in range, security of intonation in big leaps and virtuosity in audacious melismas ... Here, such an expert was on hand in the form of soprano Emily Van Evera ... she has at her command a radiant and well-projected voice ... deeply impressive ... "
Thurgauer Volkszeitung

Vision, the best-selling 1995 Angel CD with Emily Van Evera as featured soloist, recently re-issued by EMI, was awarded Best Classical Crossover CD of 1995 (Billboard), and Van Evera was named no. 4 of the top ten classical crossover artists of 1995. Press comment included: "Look for this stunning album to break all records"
NAPRA Trade Journal

In Gramophone's 1998 survey of all 30 recordings of music by Hildegard of Bingen,Vision was singled out for special praise despite being a crossover hybrid, because "the sheer power of the words comes across nowhere else as strongly as in Van Evera's performance here."

Van Evera was also a featured soloist on The Taverner Consort's The Promise of Ages last year "which Sony might safely have named 'Quite Simply the Best Christmas Album Ever' had not that title already been nabbed.' BBC Music Magazine Of a recent Bach disc: 'above all, [there is] Emily Van Evera, with her inimitable singing, her awe-inspiringly perfect vocal control."
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