“Catherine Hopper is a mezzo who commands attention – Barber’s Nocturne showed off all the gloss in her voice in a quite sultry performance.”
Serena Fenwick | Musical Pointers.co.uk
“watch out for ....Catherine Hopper”
Hilary Finch | The Times 14/12/07 | The Best
of Music 2007
“If the casts of major opera houses acted with half the panache of the three singers who present the Chinese opera ‘proper’ – Kishani Jayasinghe, Catherine Hopper, Allan Clayton – my life would be much improved.”
Richard Morrison | The Times 22/03/2006
"The star for me was the mezzo Catherine Hopper, singing the part of the Angel. It is hard to follow the many famous interpreters of this part, in particular Janet Baker, but Catherine rose to the challenge magnificently and her “Softly and gently” was heart-melting."
Dream of Gerontius 1/03/08 Stephen Benson Buzz, Spring 08
"Catherine Hopper as Popova the Crow was remarkable, while Alex Ashworth
as Smirnov the Bear equally matched her voice and stage presence…. "
Tony Cooper 21/04/08 | http://new.edp24.co.uk
"Catherine Hopper was particularly fantastic as Madame Popova. With an extremely
powerful and expressive voice, and a face and physical grace and self-presence
to match, she was certainly a show-stealer. The dynamic between her and Smirnov
(Alex Ashworth) was by turns tense and humourous, and Walton’s oversimplified
script is a witty pastiche of other operatic works which forced many wry
smiles and chortles."
Maddy Ryle for EXTRA! EXTRA!
http://www.extraextra.org/Review_Russian_Tales-08.html