“It could not have hurt anyone’s enjoyment that the casting was so strong…mezzo-soprano Talin Nalbandian made a heroic last-minute substitution for an ailing colleague as hANSEL”
Joshua Kosman / San Francisco Chronicle
““Her imitation boyishness works well and she has perhaps the most appealing voice in the cast””
“As the Sandman, Talin Nalbandian brought a lush, sweetly caressing sound to her aria and cut a striking figure in her extended pantomime role”
“Mezzo-soprano Talin Nalbandian brought her principal role as Ruby to vivid life”
LDaniel Kepl / VOICE Magazine /
““Ruby’s mending of her father’s wounds and duets with Ada, beautifully projected by Nalbandian” ”
““Tain Nalbandian...excelled as Ruby””
“Talin Nalbandian, a member of the company’s young-artist program, sang with true beauty in the bit part of one of the nursemaids who comes by to rubberneck after the murder.”
Anne Midgette / The Washington Post /
““Talin Nalbandian who plays Nursemaid #1 in a minor role reveals a lovely mezzo-soprano voice that I want to hear more of””
“The trio of stage parents (Jeanne Ireland, Talin Nalbandian and Thomas Glass), culled from Wolf Trap’s studio artist program, made up for small parts with big singing.”