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“Matthews doesn’t let any moment pass without revealing exactly who Magnolia is and what she’s thinking. She does this with a subtlety that makes Magnolia a tangible flesh-and-blood person from whom you never feel removed. In Matthews’s hands, you don’t feel as if you’re watching Magnolia’s life through the prism of a play but as if you’re watching her live it. It is a great achievement. Add Matthews’s lovely and note-perfect lyric soprano voice to her solid, seamless acting, and you have a total performance from a total performer...” – Delaware County Times
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“Romantic leads Michael West Padgett and Elisa Matthews make an attractive couple and their voices make a classic such as "Make Believe" absolutely come to life. ” – Stage Door Magazine
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“Soprano Elisa Matthews is a perfect Susanna. She is young, fiery and capable of dealing with the lust of her master, the count, or the conniving of her husband-to-be. She has a clear, lovely voice, nowhere more effective than in her Act IV aria [Deh Vieni non Tardar].” – The News Journal
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“Her voice is lovely, and her phrasing divine, but it is her acting and the building of Eliza Doolittle from a street-smart survivor of tough London life to a confident woman, aware of her gifts, that is remarkable. Matthews’ Eliza establishes her as a leading lady. She handles all aspects of a complex part failingly.” – Delaware County Times
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“Elisa Matthews is a lovely Eliza, vulnerable and curious, and caustic when she needs to be.” – The Philadelphia Inquirer
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“The lovely Elisa Matthews' delicious soprano - and her plucky sweetness - make her the perfect Johanna, and a singer capable of the vocal acrobatics demanded by Sondheim's Greenfinch and Linnet Bird.” - Reading Eagle
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“Others of note were....an enchanting Elisa Matthews as Johanna, whose moment on stage during Greenfinch and Linnet Bird through Johanna will take your breath away.” - Doylestown Patriot
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“Elisa Matthews has a voice to cherish. Matthews handles [As Long as He needs Me] like a master, bringing out all of it's virtues and hiding all of Bart's flaws.” – Delaware County Times
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“Elisa Matthews' den mother Nancy....manages to soar during "As Long As He Needs Me" and adds some warmth to all that metal.” – The Philadelphia Inquirer
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“Elisa Mathews shows significant vocal prowess as the unfortunate Nancy on the production’s best number “As Long As He Needs Me.” -Philadelphia Weekly
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“Any occasion where one can hear Elisa Matthews’ excellent, expressive voice is one to savor. Matthews plays the student who transforms the most from Callas’ tutelage. The treat comes when she is finally allowed by her teacher to do a good chunk of Lady Macbeth’s letter scene a la Verdi. ” -Delaware County Times
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“Bravo to Elisa Matthews as the student seeking feedback from Callas.” -The Philadelphia Inquirer
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