PRESS
RUTH
THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE
PACIFIC OPERA PROJECT
"As Frederic prepares to leave the ship, the pirate’s loyal maid Ruth (contralto Emily Geller who lights up the stage with her effervescent charm), reveals she is hopelessly in love with the young and innocent Frederic...This standout production is Gilbert and Sullivan done at its very best."
CULVER CITY NEWS
"...I was highly invested in the singers, who acted far better than the average big opera companies...(spitfire Emily Geller)..."
STAGE AND CINEMA
SYLVIA / MOTHER
CHUNKY IN HEAT
EXPERIMENTS IN OPERA
&
CONTEMPORANEOUS
"As Mother and Father, contralto Emily Geller and baritone Joshua Jeremiah brought layers of complexity to their seemingly shallow and emotionally stunted characters."
OPERA NEWS
"...Emily Geller’s mother, who was all brittle glitz and efficiency. Geller possesses an amazing mezzo-soprano voice with a lower extension that has to be heard to be believed. At times, it could be cold, almost masculine sounding, but warm and dreamy at others. The mother has a short aria in which she relates that all of Billy’s goldfish died on the same day he did, but that she has replaced them over and over again. It was a simple and beautiful moment, in which Geller let the audience have a glimpse into the woman’s soul."
SEEN AND HEARD INTERNATIONAL
"As the mother, Emily Geller is busy warding off sorrow with botox, the plastic surgeon’s knife and starvation. Ms. Geller is a thrilling contralto, tripping off high and low notes as she tips around in her spikes."
CONCERTONET.COM
"Emily Geller brings a sadness to her role, preventing the mother from becoming a one-dimensional fatphobic scold."
SAN FRANSCISCO CLASSICAL VOICE
"Emily Geller's (Mother) lower range was impressively forceful, penetrating easily over a fortissimo orchestra."
CLASSICAL MUSIC GEEK
"In what must have been a casting coup, the mom was sung by Emily Geller with an androgynous voice that suggested she had been tucked and lifted to the point where she inhabited an alternative gender."
ART JOURNAL BLOG
"Everything about this production is so uniformly superb it’s hard to single out an individual for praise."
OBSERVER
ALTO SOLOIST
HANDEL'S MESSIAH
"The soloists were superb. ... Emily Geller with her mesmerizing low pitched mezzo voice..."
BLOGFINGER
OCEAN GROVE CAMP MEETING ASSOCIATION
ORESTE
LA BELLE HÉLÈNE
OPERA NORTH
"Mezzo-soprano Emily Geller was an effervescent delight in the pants-role of Oreste."
TIMES ARGUST
"Emily Geller, wisely cast as Helene’s cousin Orestes, conveys a playboy-posh swagger as only a woman can. Kurt Domoney’s deft choreography amplifies Geller’s knack for comedy: At one point, she unleashes a saucy dance on a tabletop that elicited peals of laughter from the audience."
VALLEY NEWS
MA MOSS
THE TENDER
LAND
OPERA NORTH
"Emily Geller, who was a stand-out in last year’s Opera North production of Kurt Weill’s Street Scene, is affecting as Ma Moss, particularly when she flashes back to Laurie’s childhood."
VALLEY NEWS
"All of which left plenty to the imagination and drew me to one character, Ma Moss (Emily Geller). A little sour, wary, distrustful, maybe a slightly upscale version of the migrant mother in the famed Dorothea Lange photo, with that same tiredness of soul."
THE UPPER VALLEY
"...Ma, given real gravitas — as well as desperation — by contralto Emily Geller."
TIMES ARGUS
MRS. EMMA JONES
STREET SCENE
OPERA NORTH
"Emily Geller, as the loquacious, nosy neighbor Emma Jones, comes dangerously close to stealing the show with her effortless comic delivery."
VALLEY NEWS
PRINCE ORLOFSKY
DIE FLEDERMAUS
TRI-CITIES OPERA
"A raised glass of champagne for all the leads... Emily Geller as Prince Orlofsky (a “trouser role” conventionally played by a woman) [is] to be especially commended."
BROOME ARTS MIRROR
MERCÉDÈS
CARMEN
TRI-CITIES OPERA
"As Frasquita and Mercedes, Carmen’s gypsy cohorts, Melanie Leinbach and Emily Geller showed strong voices and presented a convincing and musically appealing Act III Card Scene... [The boys'] Act II quintet with Carmen, Frasquita and Mercedes was a musical highlight."
BROOME ARTS MIRROR
WITCH
MACBETH
LOFT OPERA
"The Witches’ Chorus was admirably animated and creepy, doing fine justice to the detailed musical treatment Verdi gives them ... effectively controlling and pervading everything in the mortal world around them."
LA SCENA MUSICALE
"The chorus must also be commended for jumping around from the roles of witches to murderers to party guests to exiles. They sang brilliantly and cohesively throughout the night."
OPERAWIRE
"The chorus had much to do here, portraying the witches as terrifying goth girls gone wrong... The most moving part of the whole show was the Act IV chorus 'Patria oppressa...'"
SUPER-CONDUCTOR
"The women were particularly admirable for their versatility, shifting on a dime from the witches’ snarling prophecies to the heartbreaking pathos of Verdi’s chorus of Scottish exiles."
OBSERVER
KATISHA
THE MIKADO
C-R PRODUCTIONS AT COHOES MUSIC HALL
"Every detail has been tended …But all of that doesn’t add much if the cast can’t sing. This one can… Emily Geller, for example, brings a gravity to the mirthless Katisha…"
TIMES UNION
"Geller gives depth to her maleficent character in the moving ballad ‘Alone, And Yet Alive!’"
DAILY GAZETTE
"Also making valuable contributions is Emily Geller who is excellent as she makes the fierce Katisha the fiancée from hell."
TROY RECORD
DUCHESS
THE GONDOLIERS
COLLEGE LIGHT OPERA COMPANY
"Emily Geller is delightfully over the top…"
CAPE COD TIMES
"Also superb was Emily Geller as the Duchess of Plaza-toro. Her extravagant wigs and outrageous costumes add zaniness to this wonderful comic role."
FALMOUTH ENTERPRISE
QUEEN OF THE FAIRES
IOLANTHE
COLLEGE LIGHT OPERA COMPANY
"The Queen of the Fairies (a regal and radiant Emily Geller)…"
CAPE COD TIMES
"Ms. Geller makes a wonderful queen, creating a wise, but quirky and self-centered leader, who is most enjoyable to watch and listen to."
FALMOUTH ENTERPRISE
MISS JONES
HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING
COLLEGE LIGHT OPERA COMPANY
"Emily Geller is outstanding as the straight-laced Miss Jones…"
FALMOUTH ENTERPRISE
KATE
THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE
HARVARD-RADCLIFFE
GILBERT AND SULLIVAN PLAYERS
"…Emily Geller who boasts perhaps the strongest voice as Mabel’s sister Kate…The cast as a whole demonstrated a great sense of comedy… the sold out audiences speak as loudly to the ability of this particularly gifted cast."
HARVARD CRIMSON