REVIEWS

"In particular, Fiona Kimm brings an unexaggerated flexibility, rich in light and shade, to Canciones,,,"
Canciones / NMC CD / Gramophone

"Fiona Kimm is so good that one resents that she hasn't more to do."
Julie: Showboat / Opera North / The Times

“There are some fine performances. Donna Bateman and Richard Roberts are the convincingly tragic central couple, Fiona Kimm the witch who brings them together at a hideous price, and Camilla Roberts the figure of prejudice determined to wrench them apart.”
Jezibaba: Rusalka / English Touring Opera / The Guardian

“…formidable as the witch-like Jezibaba.”
Jezibaba: Rusalka / English Touring Opera / Evening Standard

“Fiona Kimm was truly chilling as the acrid Kabanicha…”
Kabanicha: Katya Kabanova / English Touring Opera / Opera

“The night’s standout performance is Fiona Kimm...”
Kabanicha: Katya Kabanova / English Touring Opera / Evening Standard

“Fiona Kimm’s implacable Kabanicha makes a striking impact on her every appearance.”
Kabanicha: Katya Kabanova / English Touring Opera / The Stage

“Fiona Kimm’s stern and unforgiving portrayal makes the most of the opportunity and hits just the right note.”
Kabanicha: Katya Kabanova / English Touring Opera / What’s On Stage

"Fiona Kimm - the Marcellina, who looks like an intoxicating amalgam of Ava Gardiner, Sophia Loren and Gina Lollobrigda - runs away with the show, even without her aria."
Marcellina: Le nozze di Figaro / Scottish Opera / The Sunday Times

"About half an hour into this production it suddenly sprang to life. Fiona Kimm came on as Froufrou, and you could understand everything she sang."
Frou Frou: La belle Vivette / English National Opera / Daily Telegraph

"Fiona Kimm as the raddled Goddess, Ma, is simply superb."
Ma: House of the Gods / Music Theatre Wales / Evening Standard

"Rauncy Ma, sung vividly by Fiona Kimm."
Ma: House of the Gods / Music Theatre Wales / Opera

"Fiona Kimm, magnificently feisty in basque and suspenders."
Ma: House of the Gods / Music Theatre Wales / The Times

"...a cohesive, vivacious cast of five, with Fiona Kimm and Andrew Slater outstandingly good as the publicans."
Ma: House of the Gods / Music Theatre Wales / The Daily Telegraph

"Fiona Kimm's Baba the Turk, adorning Glyndebourne Touring's poster for many weeks now, is a gem, sung without parody and vividly acted; her farewell scene was touching."
Baba the Turk: The Rake's Progress / Glyndebourne Touring Opera / The Financial Times

"Kimm's recital programme was intellectually challenging, and greatly entertaining."
In Flanders' Fields / Wigmore Hall / The Daily Telegraph

"Fiona Kimm's Fricka - a commanding interpretation."
Fricka - Die Walküre / Longborough Festival Opera / Opera

"Full-throated British mezzo-soprano Fiona Kimm as Mlle Arvidson has a thrilling lower register."
Mlle Arvidson: Un ballo in maschera / Canadian Opera Company / Classical 96.3 fM Toronto

"A masterly asset in the outstanding character mezzo Fiona Kimm, who brought to the gypsy Azucena - as besotting and bewitching as Carmen - the kind of visual fire and vocal power, notably a superb low register, one looks for on the national opera stage, where Kimm is an acclaimed regular."
Azucena - Il trovatore / Stowe Opera / Opera Now

"There are some fine performances elsewhere, too (Philip Salmon's fine turns as the watchman who overlooks the Mongol invasion and as a caricature Italian Marco Polo; Fiona Kimm's cameos as a housekeeper and crone)."
Mrs Chin: A Night at the Chinese Opera / Scottish Opera / The Guardian

"There's not a weak link here with a luxury cast that includes Fiona Kimm doubling as the housekeeper and as an old crone..."
Mrs Chin: A Night at the Chinese Opera / Scottish Opera / The Independent

"There were strong cameos from Tony Stafford-Allen (Chao Sun) and Fiona Kimm (Mrs Chin)...”
Mrs Chin: A Night at the Chinese Opera / Scottish Opera / Opera