Susanna by G.F. Handel at the International Handel Festival in Göttingen, Germany
Fons was an affecting Susanna, with her gorgeous rich tone, super diction, exquisite coloratura and her detailed attention to the text producing lambent tones on...
La Cenerentola, Opéra de Lille
... la jeune Emily Fons est, dans le rôle-titre, une heureuse révélation, alliant un timbre riche et corsé à une projection aussi insolente que son...
Le Nozze di Figaro, Canadian Opera Company
Cherubino in Le Nozze di Figaro - Canadian Opera Company (Photo: Michael Cooper) The tone is set early on with Fons’...
Don Giovani, The San Diego Opera
Fons as Zerlina in Don Giovani (Photo: Edward Wilensky) Mozart gave all the memorable tunes to Zerlina, and Fons’ fresh, shimmering...
Cold Mountain, The Santa Fe Opera
Emily Fons, also a mezzo soprano, brought rich tone to the role of Ruby, conveying rough-hewn lustiness. – James Keller, The Santa Fe New Mexican Emily...
Theater Jones
"Mezzo soprano Emily Fons has a dynamite voice: dark and rich yet flexible, and that dark sound is gloriously natural, not manufactured as we sometimes...
Opera News
Photo: Jeff Roffman "Her interpretation of Marguerite’s lovesick suitor Siébel was anything but reserved — rather raw and exceedingly physical. Fons’...
Arts ATL
Photo: Jeff Roffman "Mezzo-soprano Emily Fons was most impressive in the trouser role of Siébel, with the kind of light, fleet...
Cleveland.com
"All the score's key virtues – color, humor, character – were as evident as can be, and one couldn't have asked for a fuller, sultrier...
Opera Britannia
"Young American soloist Emily Fons was almost beyond praise in the title role. Her powerful mezzo allied with solid technique produced fireworks in almost every aria, with...
