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  • The Barber of Seville (Rosina)

    English National Opera
    Feb 2024

    • Ava Dodd [...] made a huge impression. If initially her upper register felt a touch hard, that evened out as the evening progressed; more importantly, she has all the agility Rosina requires, delivering a standout ‘Una voce poco fa’ in the first act. Even better, her soprano voice extends down to the lower reaches perfectly (Rosina can also be sung by a mezzo-soprano, but Dodd seems to be the best of both words). I look forward very much to encountering Ava Dodd onstage again.

  • Peter Grimes (Second Niece)

    English National Opera
    Sep 2023 - Oct 2023

    • Cleo Lee-McGowan and Ava Dodd, dressed as school-girls, sang the two nieces, very well, especially the chromatically difficult ‘From the gutter’.

    • The two nieces (Cleo Lee-McGowan and Ava Dodd, perfectly cast) look like a disturbing Diane Arbus photo come to life as they synchronise their jerky motions.

    • One can only imagine how unusual the First and Second Nieces upbringing was – depicted by Alden as a pair of disturbed twins – but both are brilliantly voiced and acted by Cleo Lee-McGowan and Ava Dodd.

  • Hiob

    Stadttheater Klagenfurt
    Feb 2023 - Feb 2023

    • Alexander Kaimbacher zeigt und zeichnet Mendel Singer großartig als zerissenen Gott- und Menschensucher, Ava Dodd ist toll als ihren wilden Gefühlen freien Lauf lassende Tochter Mirjam, sehr gut auch Katerina Hebelková als Mendels Gattin und jiddische Mamme par excellence.

    • Exzellent sind auch der Chor (Einstudierung: Günter Wallner) und das übrige Ensemble mit Katerina Hebelková als seine sehr leidende Frau Deborah, Ava Dodd als kristallklar singende Tochter Mirjam, Viktor Rydén als feinsinniger Sohn Schemarjah und Benjamin Kelly Chamandy als kernig zu hörender Sohn Jonas. Steven Scheschareg zeigt in vielen Rollen seine große Wandlungsfähigkeit.