**** (BBC Music Choice)
"...it is Marion Newman in the title role... who steal[s] the show..."

"Marion Newman triumphs as Griselda"

Griselda Naxos Recording Review
Nicholas Anderson, BBC Magazine

"Outstanding is the performance of Marion Newman in the role of Goffredo"

Rinaldo Review
John Butt, Project Muse

"Marion Newman is an expressive, rather vibrant Griselda and the recitative and aria that finish act 1 (CD 1 track 15) is a dramatic high-spot."

Griselda Naxos Recording Review
Göran Forsling, Music Web International

"[Newman's] approach suits perfectly the dolorous mood of the Stabat Mater, where Vivaldi repeats the music to create a taut structure through constantly-changing text"

Vivaldi Stabat Mater Recording Review
George Pratt, BBC Magazine

"Marion Newman is a good Griselda, noble and sympathetic, with a warm timbre."

Griselda Naxos Recording Review
Bob Stanton, Amazon.ca

**** (Four out of Five Stars)
"The Opera 2005 presentation of Rossini's comic masterpiece is the best-integrated production of opera I have attended... Marion Newman (Rosina) could not be faulted in her playing or, indeed, her singing of Una voce poco fa or the duet Ah che d'amore."

Opera 2005 Barber of Seville Review
Irish Examiner, Cork Ireland

"Newman's voice flows... like a deep river moving through a delta towards the open sea."

"Ms. Newman’s remarkably flexible vocalizations reflect... her ability to go deeply into a role and remain there..."

"...[She] sings in a voice rich in tones of seduction towards the erotic."

"There was magic in the collaboration of voice and piano during the concluding performance of Mahler's introverted love song cycle Fünf Ruckert Lieder. Gregory Oh clearly felt Mahler's flowing melodies, and the warm richness of Marion Newman's vocal colours opened space after space of feelings extenuated to the verges of pain."

Women's Musical Club of Toronto Recital Review
Stanley Fefferman, ShowtimeMagazine.ca

"...what really won me over to the Aradia disc was the passionate and moving performance by Canadian mezzo-soprano Marion Newman in the Stabat Mater. As they say in the movies, worth the price of admission."

Naxos CD Review
Heidi Mackenzie, The Whole Note Magazine

***** (Five Stars)
"Marion Newman in the principal role of Carmen is a very exciting new talent. She sparked an electricity which totally engrossed the audience with her superbly sinuous sexuality... Prudes may raise their eyebrows at the sensuality of this Carmen; theatregoers will clamour for more."

Opera 2005 Carmen Review
Irish Examiner, Cork Ireland

"Marion Newman as Carmen... with conductor Kevin Mallon lever[ed] the musical and vocal achievements onto an altogether higher level."

Opera 2005 Carmen Review
Irish Times

"...a jewel in Canada’s impressive performing arts crown."

"...the most memorable performance of the evening belonged to mezzo Marion Newman (Carmen), gifted with an excellent voice and impressive stage presence. Newman, a comparative newcomer, is a real find. She imbued her Carmen with a charming seductiveness and beautifully warm legato line that marks her as a talent to watch."

""Newman sang Vivaldi's powerful Stabat Mater and mini-cantata Clarae stellae, scintillate. She has a distinctive, dusky voice that suggests drama with every note..."

"Marion Newman as Carmen dazzled with her defiant nature and wonderfully rich voice."

"Mezzo-soprano Marion Newman in the title role displayed a juicy, distinctive sound and even tone throughout."

"Featuring the lovely singing of mezzo-soprano Marion Newman... one of the afternoon's highlights."

"Bizet must have had a lithesome singer with the exotic good looks and singing voice of Marion Newman in mind when he composed Carmen's sensuous songs."

"Marion's voice has always been a strikingly beautiful instrument - a Bordeaux rather than a Beaujolais - and her singing has always been enriched by her intelligence and musicianship."

"Marion Newman as Margret has the acting chops and the voice to add depth to her supporting role."

"...a beautiful voice, of a warm and sensuous timbre, easy on top and with a full bottom."

“...a wonderful actress with a luscious mezzo soprano voice and a captivating vivacity that suits Carmen.”

"...a clear, rich voice with tonal beauty throughout a very wide range, an instinctive sense of style and idiom, and a compelling stage presence."

"Marion Newman finds voice to everything from the darkest tragedies to the lightest comedies."

"The three Goddesses, Iris, Ceres and Juno played by Phoebe MacRae, Michelle Sutton and Marion Newman had the best aria of the night... a thrilling trio!"

"Newman’s voice is a unique instrument, possessing all the warmth and richness of the mezzo-soprano along with the more robust quality of the contralto and a vibrancy more common to the soprano."