"Jessica Renfro as Romeo was the Ferrari on stage... alert and
quick in her acting, and superb as a singer in a role Bellini draped with
opportunities for solo excellence. At times Renfro left her audience
almost breathless with admiration as she breathed life into her character and
spun melodies into charismatic suggestion."
--Stephen
Neal Dennis, allartsreview4you.com (June
2009)
“Mezzo-soprano Jessica Renfro was
strong-voiced and physically adroit in the trouser role of Romeo.”
--Mark
J. Estren, The
“The onstage antics were
carried out nimbly by a cast that had the particular benefit of Jessica Renfro's bright [mezzo] soprano
as
--Tim Smith
“Put a star next to…the
promising voice of Jessica Renfro’s Diana.”
--Charles T. Downey Ionarts (April 2008)
“Jessica Renfro was simply
marvelous as Gianetta, with a bright, clear voice and deliciously playful comic
timing.”
--Mark J. Estren The
“In the non-rotating trouser
role of Cherubino, the trouble-causing page, Jessica Renfro was a standout,
matching a sparkling voice with a surprising talent for physical comedy.”
--T.L. Ponick, The Washington Times (Dec. 2006)
“Jessica Renfro offered
utterly charming naïveté as Cherubino.”
--Mark J. Estren The
“[M]ezzo Jessica Renfro's
Carmen in the "Habanera" aria was convincingly steamy and seductive”
--Joan Reinthaler, The
