Opera

Nedda

As Nedda, Coeli Ingold showed another side to her artistry. The soprano, who usually concentrates on early music, brought shimmering vocal qualities to Nedda's aria, including pristine trills that elude most exponents of the role. How nice to hear the part sung with such agility and tonal purity...A capacity audience appeared charmed by the production."
- Donald Rosenberg, The Cleveland Plain Dealer

"Coeli Ingold was Nedda, the wife of Canio...to hear her in the aria Stridono Lassu, and her duets with Tonio and Silvio was well worth the price of admission."
- Jerry Stephens, Youngstown Vindicator

Blonde

"The role of the spunky maid servant Blonde was perfectly played by soprano Coeli Ingold. Pert and pretty in a white lace cap, she sounded right at home in Mozart's coloratura arias and high-flying pitch range. She blossomed beautifully as a comic opera soubrette."
- Wilma Salisbury, Cleveland Plain Dealer

"Besides her engaging antics on stage, Ingold's youthful and sparkling clear voice is undeniably well-suited for this character (Blonde)."
- Zachary Lewis, Cleveland Sun News

"Coeli Ingold, who performs regularly in area productions, displayed a good command of the writing for Blonde."
- Elaine Guregian, Akron Beacon Journal

Gretel

"Humperdinck was lucky to have singers in the title roles who brought bountiful charm to their duties. Coeli Ingold's Gretel claimed just the right touches of purity and warmth. Her lyric soprano brought silvery agility to the girl's lines, her trill was real, and she centered pitches squarely on target. Ingold and Scheetz (Hansel) shaped the prayer with disarming reverence."
- Donald Rosenberg, Cleveland Plain Dealer

Lisa

(Bellini's Sonnambula) "Ingold's pure voice sparkled in coloratura arias, and she brought plenty of personality to her role."
- Wilma Salisbury, Cleveland Plain Dealer



Concert Reviews

The Bach Festival at Baldwin Wallace College

"In Handel's Sweet Bird,' she (Ingold) was enchanting in conveying the perky purity of the coloratura phrases in answer to Mary Kay Fink's virtuosically ornamented bird calls on transverse flute." - Donald Rosenberg, The Plain Dealer

Messiah

"There was some fine singing from the soloists and some impressive work from members of the baroque orchestra. Soprano Coeli Ingold sang with sweet timbre, well-schooled technique and excellent early- music manners." - Wilma Salisbury, Plain Dealer

Contemporary Music

"Christopher Morgan Loy's Elizabethan Lyrics were composed for the high tessitura and clear timbre of her lovely voice. Ingold sang the set of songs with clarity and control." - Wilma Salisbury, Plain Dealer

Early Music Concerts

"Ingold fashioned an exquisitely polished performance of Cleopatra's lament. She shaped the music with fine control, gracefully integrating the ornaments into the vocal line. She has a light but pure- toned voice and an immaculate technique. And she makes much of the Italian words." - Robert Baxter, New Jersey Courier-Post

"Her voice expressed fiery emotions. She eloquently expressed the music's tragic emotions and dramatic contrasts."
"Ms. Ingold knows how to send her light voice soaring into the high spaces (of the Cathedral) with shining transparency."
"Ingold tumbled daringly through showy vocal acrobatics in Caccini's 'Caduca Fiamma' from 'Le Nuove Musiche' (1602). The ensemble demonstrated that Italian baroque music is fun, fiery, and full of musical surprises."
"Ingold handled elaborate embellishments with skill and she shifted easily from outcries of despair to playful moralizing... she had the sweet vocal quality to play the country maiden."
- Wilma Salisbury, Plain Dealer

"Ingold displayed a light and agile soprano, especially in the famous Sweet Bird' showpiece from Handel's L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato,' where she matched trills, runs and birdcall imitations with the soft pastoral sound of Fink's wooden flute."
"All five performers were on stage for the evening-ending performance of Sweet Bird,' a showpiece for soprano and flute that rivals the mad scene from Lucia... she (Ingold) matched trills, runs and birdcall imitations. Well-performed, it brought the concert to a splendidly satisfying conclusion."
- Robert Finn, Plain Dealer