LOCAL DIVA TAKES ON MAJOR ROLE AT THEATRE IN THE PARK
Nancy Pardue - Triangle East Magazine
(Aug 6, 2009)
Rozlyn Sorrell: Press
“... deep, rich chest tones as well as roof-raising high notes...examples of vocal virtuosity to which everyone in the audience responded with shouts of appreciation.”
Classical Voice of North Carolina
Rozlyn, Thank you for again participating in WRAL's Pops in the Park event. Your selections were perfect for our outdoor concert and you truly captivated our audience of over 7,000! The standing ovation you received was certainly well deserved!
Phyllis Parish - WRAL Senior Producer, Local Programming
...soprano Rozlyn Sorrell's chill, stratospherically spiraling grief in Jester Hairson's arrangement of "Sometimes I feel Like a Motherless Child"...
John Henken - The Los Angeles Times
Rozlyn Sorrell, brilliant soprano,...Her tones were crystal clear, and her diction was impeccable. ...and the audience gave her thunderous applause following each of her arias.
Frank Milton McCoy - Los Angeles Sentinel
Soprano Rozlyn Sorrell embodied the blues style in a moving "My Man's Gone Now," filled with evocative portamento. At the end of the song, she slid up as the orchestra slid down in a stylized keening over the dead, an effect that raised goose bumps.
Ruth O. Bingham - Honolulu Star Bulletin
...and Rozlyn Sorrell's "My Man's Gone Now" embodied a high lonesome sound that also seethed with bitterness.
Gregory Shepherd - The Honolulu Advertiser