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San Francisco Classical Voice
Chataquan Daily
Winston Salem Journal
Cowboy Poetry.com
Reviews
Review of Karen's 2011 CD: On Cold Mountain (Innova 795)
San Francisco Chronicle
"It's mesmerizing.... unplaceable timelessness... [Karen] Clark's majestic, throaty singing, with hints of modernist extravagance and medieval troubadours."
— Joshua Kosman
"I don't think I've ever heard a real contralto until now. Thank you."
— Canary Burton, www.WOMR.org
Reviews of Karen's 2010 CD on Dorian (DSL 92107) of Sebastian Duron's: Salir el Amor del Mundo with El Mundo
Early Music America
"Karen Clark is especially engaging as both the dream god Morpheus—her cool hypnotic lullaby in the first act is a seductive high point—and as the haughty Diana."
— Berna Can
Musicweb International
"Karen Clark (as both Diana & Morpheus) is expressive, and assured,and manages to project a firmly moral demeanor, without sounding merely prim."
— Glyn Pursglov
Previous performance reviews
New York Times
"The most striking performance was with Karen Clark [Young.]With minimal vibrato and malleable tone, Ms. Clark showed an astonishing range of expressive subtlety, carrying the listener rapt."
— James Oestreich
"Karen Clark's warm, rich mezzo soprano is one of the loveliest voices on the New York early music scene."
— James Oestreich
"Among the glories of this performance was Karen Clark who gave the "Laudamus te" a plaintive elegance."
— Edward Rothstein
The New Yorker
"Karen Clark's is the most beautiful sound, strong, pure, and passionate, that I have heard in a long time."
— Andrew Porter
"Karen Clark was again outstanding in her fearless, affecting account."
— Andrew Porter
San Francisco Chronicle
"The evening's most exciting performer was Karen Clark. Ms. Clark's vocal power and riveting stage presence was an aching unforgettable display of pathos and musical subtlety."
— Joshua Kosman
South China Post
"With Karen Clark, we had a mezzo of more dramatic difference, a voice which could be literally graceful as Proserpine or giving an impassioned song speech of her sad news to Orfeo."
— Harry Rolnick
Seattle Times
"Karen Clark's deep, robust mezzo-contralto voice and dramatic force
served delightfully."
— Paul Harris
San Francisco Classical Voice
"Karen Clark provided the highlight of the evening. She gave a passionate performance, with a vocal dynamism that darted and hovered effortlessly with extraordinary vitality."
— Scott L. Edwards
"Alto, Karen Clark's voice rising above, inspired." Scott L. Edwards
"Karen Clark's gorgeous, clear contralto voice, carried the program with ease. Especially beautiful was Luigi Rossi's lament "Lascia, speranza," which plumbed the depths of despair then drew back to end on a perfectly-controlled pianissimo."
— Kerry McCarthy
Chataquan Daily
"Outstanding was Karen Clark. Her powerful, excellent voice, and her interpretations dealing with the meanings of the songs filled my soul with a hope for peace with greater longing."
— Maritza Morgan
Winston-Salem Journal
"Such a singer! Karen Clark would sound at home with Massenet or Verdi!"
— Gordon Sparber
Cowboy Poetry.com
"Ms. Clark and the program, were dazzling. I thoroughly enjoyed the extraordinary evening."
— Margo Metegrano
River of Words.com
"Karen Clark, a tall blonde with a fierce sense of humor and a voice to match, painted lovely musical pictures with Snyder's famous Cold Mountain translations. Let a thousand flowers bloom!"
— Pamela Michael