As LIZ- THE GOLDEN GATE

American Opera Projects
The singers — Katrina Thurman, a soprano . . . offered rich, engaged performances. Constantly shifting between firsthand declamation and third-person observation, they achieved a gabby intensity more often encountered in Stephen Sondheim’s musicals than in the opera house.
- The New York Times

As ADINA - L'ELISIR D'AMORE

Sacramento Opera
“Vania and Thurman give impressive vocal performances, living up to the task of filling the large Community Center Theater with their voices. . . The statuesque Thurman, who in this production looks more like a Hollywood starlet than a Napa Valley landowner, uses her strong and youthful soprano to great effect. The sense of comic spontaneity and sexual brio she brought to the Adina role makes this production a must-see.”
-The Sacramento Bee

As MUSETTA - LA BOHÈME

Lyric Opera of Kansas City
“Katrina Thurman played the flirtatious and independent Musetta, the once and future lover of Rodolfo’s friend Marcello. . . her soprano voice . . is appealing and matches her character well. Thurman also proved to be a fine actress in one of the opera’s most comic moments. She kept lifting her skirt to show her leg while her embarrassed lover Alcindoro attempted to pull the skirt down.”
-Kansas City Star

“Thurman and Belcher are great fun throughout this scene, each smoldering with jealousy and desire, and each determined not to reveal it. Thurman plays well the part of the Parisian fashion plate, enjoying the attentive stares of the crowd and hoping to attract the one pair of eyes determined not to be seen watching her. . . equally earning the spotlight are Belcher and Thurman, as Marcello and Musetta, truly the “Benedick and Beatrice” of this work. They sparkle in their scenes together, truly capturing the passion of this tempestuous relationship.
-A ‘n’ E Vibe

Piedmont Opera
“Katrina Thurman as Musetta was perfect in both voice and in her depiction of 19th century sluttiness, all the more appropriate for her later transformation to an empathetic, caring person during Mimi’s death scene.”
-Classical Voice of North Carolina

"The singing is first-rate. . . Bojan Knezevic as Marcello and Katrina Thurman as Musetta make another fine pair of singing lovers. . . Thurman also succeeds in tickling the collective funny bone in the way she complains about that "pain" in her foot."
-Winston-Salem Journal

As ALYEYA - From the House of the Dead

Oper Bonn, Germany
“The hopes of the young Tartar Alyeya were transported by the round voice of Katrina Thurman.”
- Das Opernglas

“ . . . Katrina Thurman as Alyeya shares moments of most tender intimacy.”
- Bonn General-Anzeiger

“Katrina Thurman was the highlight in this somber opera without women and heroes.”
- Kölnische Rundschau

“That even smaller roles can become substantial is proven admirably by Katrina Thurman . . .”
- Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger

“Singers and the chorus are to be praised without exception, especially . . . Katrina Thurman’s Alyeya”
- Rheinische Post

“ . . . and last but not least, Katrina Thurman as the young Tartar Alyeya, the only major female role in the piece. The highest acknowledgement must be given to these and other colleagues not mentioned here."
- NRZ Online

As Venus - DARDANUS

Oper Bonn, Germany
“Katrina Thurman sang the divine interludes of the goddess Venus with a light vocal elegance.”
- Frankfurter Allgemeine

“One should note Katrina Thurman’s vocally brilliant European debut.”
- Theater Rundschau

“Venus frees him from the prison moving gracefully through the scene in her Baroque costume. Katrina Thurman appears with her silvery, floating soprano.”
-Bonn General-Anzeiger

As BARBARINA - LE NOZZE DI FIGARO

Florida Grand Opera
“Katrina Thurman was an appropriately coy Barbarina”
-Opera News

“Of the supporting cast, we have to highlight the work of . . . Barbarina of Katrina Thurman, accurate and convincing in her brief role."
-El Nuevo Herald

As MARTHA - ROMULUS

American Opera Projects
"Katrina Thurman, a soprano, was perky as Martha . . . All of these performers sang excellently, their clear diction a particular boon . . . "
- New York Times

As MRS. NAIDOO - SATYAGRAHA

Oper Bonn, Germany
“ … Katrina Thurman made a great impression”
-Bonn General – Anzeiger

As NAJADE - ARIADNE AUF NAXOS

Opéra de Lyon
“The rest of the cast upheld the high level (of performance), particularly the three nymphs . . .”
-Lyon Figaro