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OPERA HOLLAND PARK
IL TRITTICO

…as Soprano Amante, Johane Ansell, a young singer whose lovely voice promises much for the future. (An opinion further reinforced by her performance later in the evening as Suor Genovie a in Suor Angelica.)

OPERA BRITANNIA

OPERA HOLLAND PARK
IL TRITTICO

…Johane Ansell’s Suor Genovie a noticeable amongst a very good ensemble performance.

DAVID KARLIN, BACHTRACK

DORSET OPERA
FIDELIO

Marzelline (Johane Ansell) and Jaquino (Tyler Clarke) were both excellent.

OPERA MAGAZINE

DORSET OPERA
FIDELIO

The principal parts are all strong – with comic performances shining in the green and naïve Marzelline (Johane Ansell).

BLACKMORE VALE

OPERA LYRA
LE NOZZE DI FIGARO

In a very short appearance Johane Ansell as Barbarina also left a lasting impression. Her every word and action fell in the right place and in the right moment, making her performance warm and unaffected.

CAPITAL CRITICS CIRCLE

OPERA HOLLAND PARK
IL TRITTICO

…the younger ones crumpled balls of energy, beautifully and individually characterised, among them Johane Ansell’s particularly winsome Genovieffa.

THE TIMES

BUFFALO PHILHARMONIC
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS DONA NOBIS PACEM,
FAURE REQUIEM

Soprano Johane Ansell — she comes from the unlikely place of Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan— was a striking presence, with her red hair, pale skin and deep bluegreen gown. One listener remarked that she looked like a Raphael painting.

Her voice was lovely, con dent and soothing. In the Vaughan Williams, her enunciation of the words “Dona Nobis Pacem” — “give us peace” — stood in satisfying contrast to the sometimes strenuous music going on around her.

Ansell’s treatment of the famous “Pie Jesu” was lovely and guileless. The Requiem’s low-key ending was full of sweetness, bringing the night to an emotional close.

BUFFALO NEWS

OPERA LYRA
LE NOZZE DI FIGARO

Johane Ansell made more of the small role of Barbarina than anyone I’ve ever seen, including a compelling reading of the aria that opens Act IV.

LESLIE BARCZA, BARCZABLOG

In a very short appearance Johane Ansell as Barbarina also left a lasting impression. Her every word and action fell in the right place and in the right moment, making her performance warm and unaffected.

CAPITAL CRITICS CIRCLE [OPERA LYRA]

WEXFORD FESTIVAL
THE SLEEPING QUEEN

The gentle voiced Irish – Canadian soprano Johane Ansell played the queen with appealing girlish charm.

OPERA CON BRIO

WEXFORD FESTIVAL
TRIAL BY JURY

Irish-Canadian soprano, Johane Ansell, gave a confident, accomplished performance as ‘The Plaintiff.’

OPERA TODAY

LYRIC OPERA IRELAND
RUSALKA

Both Stephen Brown as the Gamekeeper and Johane Ansell as his nephew (Turnspit) impressed and showed that they possessed a fine sense of comic timing.

BACHTRACK

BIRMINGHAM BACH CHOIR
UNFINISHED REMEMBERING

…the solo soprano has some passionate interjections which Johane Ansell sings with no little intensity.

MUSICWEB INTERNATIONAL

BIRMINGHAM BACH CHOIR
UNFINISHED REMEMBERING

But Spicer’s solo writing was well conveyed by soprano Johane Ansell and baritone William Dazeley, both always clear and impassioned. As they had been in a deeply moving performance of Vaughan Williams’ Dona Nobis Pacem.

BIRMINGHAM POST