Reviews

“…Molly Mustonen brought a rich soprano voice and lovely grace to Nina…”
- Anthony Tommasini, New York Times

“…Soprano Molly Mustonen gave a sensitive, nuanced portrayal of Nina’s progression from innocent, idealistic naif into a woman who, though battered by life’s storms, has come to know and believe in herself….”
- Arlo McKinnon, Opera News

“…Molly Mustonen (Nina) sang with passion and grace. She really shined in her extended duets with Constantine and Trigorin, and she and Haja cut a handsome couple. Her luscious voice carried her well throughout the performance…”
- Victor Wheeler, The Classical Source

“…In particular, Molly Mustonen brought a powerful sound and striking stage presence to Tallulah…”
- Steve Smith, New York Times

“…one could glean that there was real talent in the cast. Molly Mustonen, as Tallulah, made the strongest effect, perhaps because she was playing the opera’s most thoughtful character – its Countess Almaviva figure …She did not seem to have taken the measure of Dicapo’s 200-seat theater – at high volume, her bright lyric soprano seemed to overload the space – but she created a touching figure. Her diction was also commendable…”
- Fred Cohn, Opera News

“Molly Mustonen as Zerlina and Gabriel Preisser as Masetto were extraordinary as a young couple celebrating their marriage … providing some of the opera’s most lyric and comic moments.”
- Robert Coleman, Salt Lake City Tribune

“Mustonen is utterly adorable as the round-heeled bride who initially would love to fall victim to Don Giovanni’s charms if only Donna Elvira would stop interrupting the process.”
- Charlie Schill, The Herald Journal

“Harrer’s gamble pays off richly in the person of Molly Mustonen, a Minnesota native making her UFOMT debut as U.S. Navy Ensign Nellie Forbush. Mustonen plays that role with such wide-eyed innocence that she not only makes the improbable reactions of the self-proclaimed “hick from Little Rock” to her first romance believable, but also infects her fellow cast members and the audience with her enthusiasm. From its opening curtain, this UFOMT production is Mustonen’s show; it is her spirited singing and dancing that makes some of the musical’s well-known production numbers work.”
- Charlie Schill, The Herald Journal

“The show was Molly Mustonen’s the second she walked out on stage. Playing the lead character, nurse Nellie Forbush, she is a believable naive Arkansas girl desperately in love-at-first-sight with French plantation owner…Her enthusiasm and voice brought a warmth to the theater and enthralled the audience.”
- Michael Aaron, Q-Salt Lake

“Molly Mustonen made a pretty, sonorous and sympathetic Carmela”
-David Shengold, Opera News

“‘The Saint of Bleecker Street,’…is not only one of the most ambitious projects the company has undertaken, but also among its most accomplished…supporting players offered solid work: in particular, Molly Mustonen as Carmela, Annina’s friend and confidante…”
- Steve Smith, New York Times