"To everything, Skok applies shining tonal resources
and a sense of expressive urgency that is palpable.”
(Cleveland Plain Dealer)
reviews
"Soprano Soloist Heidi Skok was a golden presence in the Dvorak, especially when she sang in dialogue with the tenors and basses."
—Joseph Dalton, Albany Times Union
“Heidi Skok may be the major voice of the next century. [She] sang with the poise of veterans a good decade older and commands a soprano range that projected like high beams on a black velvet night.”
—Emily Cary, The Journal Newspapers (VA)
“More, I am sure will be heard from Heidi Skok (Countess), who demonstrated wonderful control and an accessible trill for her big aria ‘Dove Sono.’”
—Carl Dolmetsch, The Virginia Gazette (Williamsburg)
“Both 'Porgi Amor' and the beautiful recitative 'E Susanna non vien' called to mind nothing less than the young Elizabeth Schwarzkopf. Miss Skok’s characterization doubtless will grow, but what a thrill to catch the beginning of what will become a great Mozartian portrayal!”
—Octavio Roca, The Washington Times
“…. Miss Skok is blessed with one of those voices that lingers in the memory.”
—Octavio Roca, The Washington Times
“Heidi Skok, who played the young Micaëla, exuded a sweet innocence and brought out the youthfulness of her character. Her portrayal was genuine and her voice crystal-clear.”
—Dana Black, The Daily News (McKeesport, PA)
“In the opening work, Vivaldi’s little cantata 'All’ombra di Sospetto', attractively sung by Heidi Skok, a soprano, Mr. Hulbert, a flutist, had little more than a supporting role in the two arias….”
—James Oestreich, The New York Times
“….and the very best singing of the night came from little Heidi Skok as the Second Naked Virgin—one of those role names one dreams of listing in a program bio.”
—“Shengold on Opera,” Lesbian & Gay New York (New York City)
CD reviews
“American soprano Heidi Skok is a wonderfully vibrant interpreter of Ned Rorem’s “Women’s Voices”, a cycle of 11 songs set to texts by female poets. Like other Rorem works in the form, the pieces fall meaningfully on the ear. The music is ardent, biting and vigorous keenly molded to the shape of the words and full of heart felt emotion. Songs by Martin Hennessy, the disc’s insightful pianist, fill out the program, and they too, overflow with poignant and dramatic splendour. To everything, Skok applies shining tonal resources and a sense of expressive urgency that is palpable.”
—Donald Rosenberg, The Cleveland Plain Dealer
“The Rorem is framed on this CD by two groups of songs composed by Martin Hennessy, who accompanies soprano Heidi Skok in the entire program. Of these, “In the Stillness”, a love lyric to Hennessy’s own verse, is particularly attractive. Throughout, Skok’s clear, direct music making gives the works their profile.”
—P.J.S., Recording Review, Opera News
“…Skok sings Hennessy’s music with abandon.”
—Lovelace, American Record Guide