Publicity Photos
January-February 2009 : Virginia Opera / Norfolk, Richmond & Fairfax VA - Title Role in Puccini's Tosca
"she blew the Harrison Opera House audience away with her dynamic, expressive instrument, creating a tremendous emotional appeal for her character seemingly without effort." ~ Washington Times, Tosca (Tosca), February 2009
"...the highlight of the evening...someone worth keeping an eye, or ear, on in the future." ~ Washington Post, Tosca (Tosca), February 2009
"There was something in the vibrancy and warmth of the sound, something in the vitality of the phrasing, that immediately hit home... the night belonged to Mary Elizabeth Williams." ~ Baltimore Sun, Tosca (Tosca), February 2009
October 2008 : Indianapolis Opera / Indianapolis, IN - Leonora in Verdi's il Trovatore
October 2008 : Detriot Opera House / Detriot, MI - Dress rehersal as Cilla in Danielpour's Margaret Garner
"Mary Elizabeth Williams was deeply affecting as Cilla, Robert Garner's wizened mother." ~ Chicago Tribune November 2008 review of Margaret Garner at the Auditorium Theater
"Soprano Mary Elizabeth Williams was a loving presence as Cilla, Robert's mother, yet her effortless vocal flights between smoky depths and bell-like heights revealed a spine of steel." ~ Chicago Sun-Times November 2008 review of Margaret Garner at the Auditorium Theater
"Mary Elizabeth Williams produced richly colored sound as Robert's mother, Cilla." ~ Opera News, Margaret Garner (Cilla), October 2008
"deeply affecting" ~ Chicago Tribune, Margaret Garner (Cilla), November 2008
May 2008 : Harrison Opera House Dinner / Norfolk, VA - Summertime from Gershwin's Porgy and Bess
October 2007 : Kentucky Opera / Louisville, KY - Leonora in Verdi's il Trovatore
November 2005 : Atlanta Opera / Atlanta, GA - Serena in Gershwin's Porgy and Bess
