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San Francisco Classical Voice, 2024
‘As Madame, the brothel owner keeping her fears at bay by imposing iron discipline on herself, mezzo-soprano Rebecca Cuddy was terrific in a very demanding role.’
Bulrusher Is Quietly Brilliant at West Edge Opera
Opera Canada, 2024
‘Mezzo-soprano Rebecca Cuddy crafts young Métisse sharpshooter Josette La Grande as a fiercely independent heroine in search of her own destiny…’
Manitoba Opera | Li Keur: Riel’s Heart of the North
Opera Canada, 2024
‘Music proved at its most lyrical best during such poignant arias as Josette’s Beneath the endless azure sky, or later You come and go.’
Manitoba Opera | Li Keur: Riel’s Heart of the North
The Whole Note, 2019
‘She’s definitely that next generation who are going to do incredible things’
Confluences: An Exploratory Evening with Marion Newman
Opera Canada, 2019
‘Cuddy was moving in the final scene’
Shanawdithit is an “effective and accomplished piece of music theatre”
Mooney on Theatre, 2019
‘Cuddy has a sweet, hummingbird fast vibrato that was divinely ethereal in this scene.’
Tapestry Opera presents the premiere of a landmark Canadian-Indigenous in Toronto
Opera Canada, 2018
‘A few stood out as convincing Mirvish aspirants… especially Rebecca Cuddy as the Baker’s Wife…’
Gigcity, 2018
‘Rebecca Cuddy - fresh and funny with a large, supple voice’
Into the Woods: The end justifies the beans
Opera Ramblings, 2017
‘All of this got a heartfelt, beautifully sung and compellingly acted performance by Rebecca.’
‘Bulrusher’ 2024, West Edge Opera
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Toronto Symphony Orchestra, 2024
Allan Cabral
‘Trouble in Tahiti’ 2016, Bloomsbury Opera
Alex Fine Photography
‘The Birds’ 2023, Pacific Opera Victoria
David Cooper Photography
‘Into the woods’ 2018, Opera Nuova
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‘Rebecca Cuddy is not only a great young singer, but also a very exciting opera performer. Her equally successful and bold renditions of Popova in Walton’s The Bear and of Dinah in Bernstein’s Trouble in Tahiti are a testament to her dramatic range, which allows her to tap into deep-set emotions or clown techniques as the production may require it.
This range, when combined with a rare awareness and understanding of, and willingness to engage with essential production and technical aspects of opera-making, makes her a most valuable creative partner and someone with whom I would love to continue collaborating in many productions to come.’
- Dr. Jorge Balça, Theater and Opera Director, 2017
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