Press

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Kevin Puts’ Silent Night / Anna Sorenson / Piedmont Opera

  • “Jodi Burns, as Anna, opens the show with a beautiful song. Throughout the evening Burns dazzled with her lustrous soprano and bright charisma. The production is elevated whenever she appears on stage.” (The Winston-Salem Journal)

  • “Puts writes very well for the voice, giving optimal vowels on high notes and allowing soloists like soprano Jodi Burns (as the worldly opera diva Anna Sørensen) to exhibit her rich voice in all its glory at the top of her register. And she has a vibrato to fall in love with!”(Classical Voice of North Carolina)

The Elixir of Love / Adina / Piedmont Opera

  • “…an alumna of the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, soprano Jodi Burns returned to Piedmont Opera, with which company she shone in Kevin Puts’s Silent Night, to portray the fiercely independent heroine of L’elisir d’amore. It was immediately evident that her Adina was fanciful but honorable, traits that shaped her account of the andantino cavatina ‘Della crudele Isotta il bel Tristano ardea,’ the ascents to the top Bs adroitly managed. Burns delivered the cantabile ‘Chiedi all’aura lusinghiera’ in the duet with Nemorimo with dulcet tones, and her singing in the succession of ensembles that propel Act One to its close was winsome…”(Voix des Arts)

  • “Jodi Burns… put together another rather perfect performance. It is notable that… the artist maintained her stamina until the end, given that the most difficult coloratura comes late in the show - less gifted sopranos might stumble with voice fatigue when they are called upon the acrobatic bel canto moments...and also demonstrated advanced acting in portraying the feminine charm that the libretto defines as her own version of a love potion… she was successful in following her own plan to give a bit more gravitas to this character, so that her switch towards Nemorino doesn't feel like an empty plot device. Bravo, Jodi! Again, you were great!”(Opera Lively)

Appalachian Songbook Concert Series with Composer Ken Frazelle

  • “Her voice lacked nothing in power and was easily supported across its range. Her clear diction was a constant pleasure, as was her ability to project the mood of each song from the deep sadness of "East Virginny" to the homespun humor of "Groundhog," the thwarted love of "Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss," and the harried mother of "Single Again." (The Winston-Salem Journal)

The Rake’s Progress / Ann Trulove / Princeton Festival

  • “The soprano Jodi Burns, with her plush voice and rich expressivity, made an endearing Anne.” (The New York TImes)