ACCLAIMS

"Singing with similar authority mezzo-soprano Jennifer Hines, a late substitution who offered a memorable performance.  She took a part that's often sung by a male countertenor and lent it dusky depth.  The most mournful of arias fell to Hines, and she suffused each with palpable sadness." - Rob Hubbard, Pioneer Press (12/13/07)

"Among the fine team of vocal soloists, it was mezzo Jennifer Hines who made the most distinctive impression to provide singing of contralto-like richness and punch." [MISSA SOLEMNIS - National Philharmonic] - Joe Banno, Washington Post 

"Jennifer Hines has a noble and expressive dark alto voice." [ST. LUKE'S PASSION - Washington Bach Consort] — Tim Page, Washington Post

 "Mezzo soprano, Jennifer Hines, who played the servant Suzuki, was a good actor and a genuine find as a singer. She's practically a contralto, with a voice of such heft and depth, it's almost unbelievable that it came from such a tiny frame. Yet seeing was believing." [MADAMA BUTTERFLY - Opera Grand Rapids] — Jeffrey Kaczmarczyk, Grand Rapids Press

"Hines is new this season, revealing a voice of striking depth and beauty." [DAS RHEINGOLD - Seattle Opera] — Seattle Post-Intelligencer

"Jennifer Hines was excellent as Suzuki, employing her deep and clear mezzo for lump-in-the-throat poignancy." [MADAMA BUTTERFLY - New York City Opera] — New York Sun

"Jennifer Hines's Suzuki was touching in her attentiveness to Cio-Cio San, and her chanting of Japanese prayers had satisfying weight." [MADAMA BUTTERFLY - Opera Tampa] — Opera News

"Jennifer Hines,Olga, has a voice so rich and colored that she easily steals any scene in which she appears." — Timeoff

"Jennifer Hines as Olga made one wish her part were longer, for her rich alto voice left one wanting more." — Paul Somers, New Jersey Classical Society Journal

"The other world class performance was Jennifer Hines' attractive Olga, sung with rich, personal sound down to her aria's closing depths and perfectly balanced between innocence and coquetry." — David Shengold, Classicstoday.com

Mezzo-soprano Jennifer Hines uspstaged the soprano in the title role. Hines’earthy, dark Suzuki was immediately gripping. — New Jersey Star-Ledger, Frederick Kaiman