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"Susan Larson is Cleopatra ("Callas is Carmen," the ads used to say). She sings all eight of the arias Handel wrote, and with unimaginable brilliance" The Boston Phoenix.
"Susan Larson, with a supple effortless coloratura, makes an ideal Cleopatra." USA Today
"Susan Larson, the shattering Fiordiligi and emotionally astonishing Cleopatra of past Sellars shows, is a vocally light and graceful Cherubino, as well as one with whom I wouldn't dare to argue." The Village Voice.
"Larson was stunning, with shining sound, the rhythmic articulation of a percussion instrument and..extraordinarily pure intonation." Performance of "Les Noces" with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, reviewed in The Boston Globe.
"Susan Larson in the role of Iphise shines by the precision of her style and the sensitive intelligence of her singing." Performance of Rameau's "Dardanus, Basel Stadttheater, Switzerland reviewed in "Harmonie."
"Susan Larson campe une Cleopatre d'une parfaite aisance technique et dramatique." Performance of "Julius Caesar" in the Theatre Royal de la Monnaie, Brussels, Belgium; reviewed in "La Libre Belgique."
"Larson has the projection, the looks, the vitality, the lack of inhibition, the joy and comic style the role demands." Performance of "The Mikado" at the Chicago Lyric Opera; reviewed in the Chicago Sun-Times.
"The best singer-actor was Susan Larson in the castrato role of Nero, who projected a compelling portrayal of the emperor's eroticism and dementia." The New York Times.
"Can anyone else sing "Falling in Love with Love" as gorgeously as Susan Larson does in ART's "The Boys from Syracuse," looking as gorgeous as Susan Larson does? Could such a hypothetical creature also sing Debussy, Rachmaninoff and Schubert as well as Susan Larson did in her recital?" The Boston Globe.
And So On, and So On. Of Course I Burned the Bad Ones.