REVIEWS

“A bel canto opera, however, exists primarily to show off voices, and Tulsa Opera has assembled an fine cast, led by Gregory Schmidt as Nemorino and Mari Moriya as Adina. Both have voices well-suited to the bel canto repertoire — bright and clear, with sharp intonation and great flexibility. They sang with power and confidence regardless of register; low notes were clearly heard and the high notes just seemed to appear without apparent effort.”
Adina: L’elisir d’amore / Tulsa Opera / Tulsa World

“Following her Metropolitan Opera debut in the role, Mari Moriya's Queen of the Night, brought a real sense of theatrical climax, her face the white mask of a savage geisha spitting fiendishly difficult arias…”
Queen of the Night: Die Zauberflöte / Glyndebourne On Tour / Music OMH

“…came into triumphant focus for her own trial by fire in Act 2.”
Queen of the Night: Die Zauberflöte / Glyndebourne On Tour / Opera

“Mari Moriya sang the Queen of the Night well, and with so much color that one could envision her as, say, a Donizetti Queen.”
Queen of the Night: Die Zauberflöte / Mannes Opera / New York Times

“…the sumptuous-voiced Japanese lyric soprano Mari Moriya.”
Liu: Turandot / Opera Ireland / Opera

“…absolutely stole the show…Her first aria ‘Signore, ascolta’ displayed a hair-raising control of dynamics and vibrato, her every nuance of timbre faithful to her character and to the poignant words of her aria.”
Liu: Turandot / Opera Ireland / Sunday Tribune

“The Japanese soprano Mari Moriya sailed through Zerbinetta’s coloratura as though it were just a morning exercise….”
Zerbinetta: Ariadne auf Naxos / Opera Ireland / Opera

“The coloratura Zerbinetta, who leads the giddy commedia dell’arte troupe in prologue and opera, finds soprano Mari Moriya exceptionally agile with a weightier tone than one normally expects for this flibbertigibbet.”
Zerbinetta: Ariadne auf Naxos / Opera Ireland / Irish Independent

“The Japanese soprano Mari Moriya made light of the coloratura terrors of Zerbinetta’s part…”
Zerbinetta: Ariadne auf Naxos / Opera Ireland / Sunday Times

“...Moriya was an outstanding winner and well up to the high standard this event has achieve since 1985.”
Final / Veronica Dunne International Vocal Competition / Irish Post