Melanie Marshall Press Reviews


Singer Melanie Marshall almost upstages the low-life cast in Javier de Frutos's Elsa Canasta, to Cole Porter songs
Jann Parry, The Observer, Nov 2003

Elsa Canasta... it's a five star piece thanks to those Cole Porter tunes sung live and in devastating fashion by a bountiful lady singer (Melanie Marshall)
Ellie Carr, Sunday Herald, Nov 2003

.. While Melanie Marshall sitting.. sings So In Love. It's not hard to cheer an evening that ends with a storming account of 'Ridin' High'
Clifford Bishop, Sunday Times Nov 2003

..Exotic Elsa Canasta ... and songs sung live by Melanie Marshall. A terrific voice...
Bruce Marriot, Ballet Magazine, Nov 2003

.. the audience, revealingly saving their biggest cheers for the singing of the wonderful Melanie Marshall
Donald Hutera, Sunday Times May 2003

The dancing is accompanied by Melanie Marshall whose voice is sensual, caressing, haunting and challenging. She has a magnificent physical presence on stage and a great set of lungs with an outstanding vocal range. This is the human body used as a musical instrument achieving perfect pitch as she belts out ' a million rainbows rainin' below me'.... Although I have to say that Melanie Marshall..... emerges as the star of this show. Her performance is sheer black magic and she is simply bewitching
BBC Bristol, Oct 2003

.... Its ace is Cole Porter's music.. marvellously sung by Melanie Marshall.
Ismene Brown, Telegraph, Dec 2003

... The implied narrative is spelled out in Porter's upbeat music... Melanie Marshall's smouldering rendition of the vocal number Ridin' High
Lynn Walker. Independent, Oct 2003