Eugene Onegin, English National Opera, 2011

Claudia Huckle's Olga is a complete success: sweet, uncomprehending and beautifully sung, with real Slavonic contralto timbre.
- The Times

Claudia Huckle is the fruity-sounding Olga
- The Guardian

The whole of the Larin household is cast from strength, especially Claudia Huckle as Olga and Catherine Wyn-Rogers as Filipyevna.
- The Financial Times

A big hit: Audun Iversen as Onegin and Claudia Huckle as Olga in 'Eugene Onegin'
- The Daily Telegraph

Claudia Huckle’s thrilling, full contralto made Olga a more-than-usually effective foil to Tatyana.
- Classical Source

Claudia Huckle was a lively, impassioned Olga.
- Opera Today

Claudia Huckle's Olga is beautifully detailed, every wrinkle of her pretty nose expressive of the younger sister's temperament.
- The Independent

Claudia Huckle charmed as Olga.
- The Observer

There are fine contributions from the British contralto Claudia Huckle, as Tatyana’s giddy, bewildered sister, Olga (...)
- The Sunday Times

Diana Montague's finely etched Madame Larina, Catherine Wyn-Rogers's maternal Filippyevna and Claudia Huckle's deep-toned Olga deserve honorable mentions.
- Opera News

The secondary roles, though, are uniformly superb. Kudos to Claudia Huckle as Olga, Diana Montague as Larina, Catherine Wyn-Rogers as Nanya, Adrian Thompson as M. Triquet and Brindley Sherratt as Gremin.
- The Wall Street Journal

Claudia Huckle’s Olga, with a darkly focused mezzo, was nicely distinctive, too.
- Opera magazine

Claudia Huckle’s inimitably dark-hued mezzo made her an alluring Olga.
-BBC Music Magazine

Claudia Huckle’s Olga was rich, well defined and wonderfully acted, perhaps not as flirtatious as other Olgas but I sense this was somewhat on purpose. I loved her performance and was drawn to her glowing presence throughout the opera.
-Spears WMS Magazine

Claudia Huckle makes her mark as Olga.
- What's on stage

The Mikado, English National Opera, 2011

Sophie is well assisted by Claudia Huckle's Pitti-Sing. A genuine old fashioned contralto, Huckle is a real discovery; English born and American trained and currently based at the Leipzig Opera, she is a talent to be encouraged.
-The Mail on Sunday

Claudia Huckle (Pitti-Sing) possesses a very distinctive, dark-hued contralto with a luscious, velvety timbre; her short solo in “Braid the raven hair” really showed off her richness and evenness of tone.
-Opera Britannia

This is also a vintage cast. (....) Claudia Huckle's creamy contralto Pitti-Sing provides articulate assistance.
-The Guardian

Claudia Huckle provided much tonal variety and colour in the role of Pitti-Sing
- Musical Criticism

Claudia Huckle was more at home in the role of Pitti-Sing: her contralto is clear and bright, and she acted the dialogue entertainingly.
- Opera Today

Fiona Canfield (Peep-Bo) and Claudia Huckle (Pitti-Sing) complete a delicious and irresistible trio. Claudia Huckle made particularly charming work of trying to deceive the Mikado.
-The Public Reviews.blogspot

I look forward to hearing the impressive contralto of Claudia Huckle (Pitti-Sing) in a bigger role.
- The Classical source

Claudia Huckle’s colourful and warm mezzo-soprano, combined with punchy and well-delivered dialogue, added deep interest to the role of Pitti-Sing.
- Music OMH

Claudia Huckle’s deep rich voice is a joy.
- Global News Box

There has surely never been a better all-round cast. (....) and Claudia Huckle a rich voiced Pitti-Sing.
- The Londonist

The curtain then rises on the late Stefanos Lazaridis’ celebrated cream-and-white hotel lounge and on one of the strongest casts this production has seen; from Alfie Boe’s kiss-curled Nanki-Poo to Claudia Huckle’s smoky-voiced Pitti-Sing, the performances are top-drawer.
- Whats on stage

Hänsel und Gretel, Leipzig Oper 2010

"Trotzdem überwiegt auch gesanglich bei weitem das Positive. Viktorija Kaminskaite und Claudia Huckle setzen nicht auf Kindchencharme, sondern setzen die Kraft ihrer grossen Stimmen ein. Und überfrachten damit dennoch nicht den natürlichen Charme der Linie. Vor allem aber sind sie im Doppel schwer zu toppen. Wie sie aufeinander hören und reagieren, ihre Farben abstimmen, inhaltlich wie musikalisch gestalten, ist weit mehr noch als die Summe der Einzelleistungen. Und so schön, so warmherzig und berührend hat der Abendsegen in Leipzig schon lange nicht mehr geklungen."

Victorija Kaminskaite and Claudia Huckle do not rely on the charm of the children but rather use the power of their big voices, without overpowering the natural charm of the line. Most importantly it would be very hard to top them as a pair. The way they listen to each other and react, blend their colours, shape the storyline and music, surpasses the sum of the individual performances. The Evening Prayer has not been heard sounding so beautiful, so warmhearted and touching for a long time in Leipzig.
- Leipziger Volkszeitung

"Die Sänger? Allesamt vorzüglich. Viktorija Kaminskaite als Gretel, Claudia Huckle als Hänsel – eigentlich ein Traumpaar."

The Singers? Everyone was superb. Viktorija Kaminskaite as Gretel and Claudia Huckle as Hansel - a dream pair.
- Kreuzer- Leipzig Magazine

The Duchess of Malfi, English National Opera, 2010

Corralled into a massive, red-draped hall, we witness a lurid frenzy that is half S&M porn (violent, visceral choreography by Maxine Doyle) and half Catholic kitsch. There the Duchess (Claudia Huckle, sexy and brilliant) is taunted by her leering brothers (Andrew Watts and Freddie Tong, both suitably grotesque) then hanged, upside down.
- The Times

…Claudia Huckle suffers splendidly as the Duchess, her rich contralto untroubled whether flung about (courtesy of Ms Doyle) or strung up by the ankles.
- What's On Stage

I think I saw and heard five or six of the opera’s nine scenes(......) and I did – later rather than sooner – encounter the Duchess (the impressive contralto of Claudia Huckle) in a blackened room.
-The Independent

When you catch up with the singers, there are some extraordinary voices. Claudia Huckle, a wonderful contralto with a huge great controlled voice.
- Night Waves (BBC Radio 3) Susan Hitch

Now congregated in a large warehouse space, thick with church incense and surrounded by long red curtains, the audience play witness to the pleas of Claudia Huckle’s compelling duchess, and her ritualistic murder, before the curtains part for a final, chilling coup de théâtre.
-The Financial Times

As the Duchess, Claudia Huckle sings seductively, powerful yet doomed.
- The Observer

Claudia Huckle is compelling and convincing as the Duchess of Malfi.
- BBC News website

Claudia Huckle as the Duchess deserves a medal for being asked to strip to her underwear and dangle upside-down from a chain after her death.
-The Guardian

This final scene was, at least, of those that I saw, by far the most effective dramatically and musically. This was partly because of the glorious Wagnerian textures emerging in the vocal and orchestral writing, partly because the length of the scene and the fact that one heard it from start to finish allowed time to absorb more of the musical qualities, and partly because of simply being close to the wonderful, rich, vibrant singing of Richard Burkhard and Claudia Huckle in the heart-wrenching ending, where she accepts her death with dignity and earns the assassin’s respect.
- Opera Britannia

The central and astonishingly challenging role of the Duchess was taken magnificently by Claudia Huckle. This was a major step for this extremely talented young singer. And what courage she showed. The things singers are prepared to do these days are unbelievable.
- Brian Dickie blogspot

Claudia Huckle, Andrew Watts and Freddie Tong were superlative singers, singing beautifully sometimes just inches away from audience members!
- The Front Row (BBC Radio 4) Helen Wallace

(.....) harp and marimbas accompanied the mesmerising mezzo Claudia Huckle, who played the Duchess.
- BBC Music Magazine

The main singers – Claudia Huckle as the Duchess, countertenor Andrew Watts on unearthly form as the Duchess’s twin brother and Freddie Tong as the cardinal – were all excellent
- Classical Source

I wheeled around to see Claudia Huckle’s mellifluously voiced yet vulnerable Duchess coaxing her steward to bed.
- The Evening Standard

Torsten Rasch’s opulent score… ekes out the tension, particularly in the grand finale. It is impressively handled by contralto Claudia Huckle, counter-tenor Andrew Watts and the orchestra of the ENO.
- Time Out

II Turco in Italia, Leipzig Oper 2009

"Claudia Huckle (Zaida) indes verführt mit ihrem warmen Mezzosopran, neben dessen immenser Strahlkraft sich insbesondere die auffallend bewegliche Phrasierung auszeichnet".

Claudia Huckle (Zaida) however, seduces with her warm mezzo soprano, it has not only an immense radiant power, but especially excels in its strikingly agile phrasing.
- Operapoint, A.Gerth

"Der dunkel timbrierte, in seinen satten Farben ans Altfach erinnernde Mezzo von Claudia Huckle (Zaida) macht neugierig auf weitaus mehr."

The dark timbre of Claudia Huckle (Zaida) with its rich colors is suggestive of an alto and makes one curious to hear much more.
-Leipzig Almanach

"Beglückend die Interpretation der Zaida durch Claudia Huckle, dramatisch im Ausdruck, überzeugend in der Interpretation."

Claudia Huckle"s interpretation of Zaida was a blessing, dramatic in expression, convincing in the interpretation.
-Opernnetz

"Claudia Huckle verhilft der verstossenen Zaida zu tragischer Erotik."

Claudia Huckle gives the repudiated Zaida tragic eroticism.
-Leipziger Volkszeitung, Peter Korfmacher.

"Daneben macht auch Claudia Huckle als zukunftschauende und am Ende von Selim abgeschleppte Zigeunerin Zaida gute figur."

Claudia Huckle cuts a fine figure as the clairvoyant gypsy, who is in the end dragged off by Selim.
-Kultiversum, Georg-Friedrich Kühn

"Als homogenes Solistenensemble, versiert im Belcanto wie in der szenischen Darstellung, agieren Viktorija Kaminskaite and Claudia Huckle, Paolo Rumetz, Timothy Fallon und Giovanni Furlanetto."

Viktorija Kaminskaite, Claudia Huckle, Paolo Rumetz,Timothy Fallon and Giovanni Furlanetto perform in an homogenous ensemble of soloists, skilled in Belcanto as well as scenic performance.
-Mitteldeutsche Zeitung

Carmen, Leipzig Oper, 2009

"Lediglich Anett Fritsch und Claudia Huckle als Carmen-Vertraute können gute Figur machen"

Only Anett Fritsch and Claudia Huckle as Carmen's trusted friends came over well.
- Georg-Friedrich Kühn, Deutschlandradio Kultur


"Weitere Höhepunkte: Anett Fritsch (Frasquita) und Claudia Huckle (Mercédès). Sie blitzen mit ihren herrlich ausdrucksstarken Stimmen wie lupenreine Diamanten."

Further high points: Anett Fritsch (Frasquita) and Claudia Huckle (Mercédès). They dazzled with their wonderfully expressive voices like perfectly pure diamonds.
- Dr Andreas Gerth, Operapoint

Tamerlano, Washington National Opera 2008

Mr Domingo, this company's general director, surrounded himself with worthy accomplices. (......) In the smaller roles Claudia Huckle, as Irene, was a forceful presence with a beautiful tone.
- Allan Kozinn, The New York Times

Claudia Huckle prêtant à Irene un mezzo aussi sombre qu’agile et une remarquable présence scénique.

Claudia Huckle lends to Irene a mezzo as dark as it is agile, and a remarkable stage presence.
- Opéra Magazine (Paris)

As the clever but much-put-upon Irene, would-be queen of Tamerlano, Claudia Huckle, a Domingo-Cafritz Young Artist, continues to demonstrate that she has a most promising future.
-T.L Ponick, The Washington Times

Domingo is surrounded by a stellar cast. (....) Claudia Huckle and Andrew Foster-Williams excel in smaller roles.
- George Loomis, The Financial Times

Claudia Huckle sang smoothly and vividly as Irene.
- Tim Smith, Opera News

Claudia Huckle, her Irene wittily styled as a high-maintenance shipping heiress a la Christina Onassis, showed a fine, agile dark mezzo and striking presence. A shame not to hear more of her arias (...... )
- David Shengold, Gay City News

Mezzo-soprano Claudia Huckle as Irene, Tamerlano's official betrothed, brings much verve and humor to her role and sings with a pleasurable confidence. Like Daniels, she tends to ''rock out'' to the particularly demanding vocal moments which is a tad distracting but no doubt all part of bringing the Beyonce out of the baroque.
- Kate Wingfield, Metro Weekly

On her part, Huckle, in the role of Irene, revealed that she did not resent Tamerlano, singing the melismas of her aria to perfection.
-La Oferta

Claudia Huckle was the sturdy, dynamic Irene.
- Tim Smith, Opera

Rigoletto, Washington National Opera, 2008

The small roles in "Rigoletto" are a chance for a company to show off its young artists, and Yingxi Zhang, Claudia Huckle and Magdalena Wor, in particular, came off very well.
- Anne Midgette, The Washington Post

Handel's Messiah, National Symphony Orchestra, Kennedy Center

Claudia Huckle has a ..... mezzo-soprano voice that she employed with deft empathy (a strong "He was despised,".......
- Tim Page, The Washington Post

Hansel and Gretel, Washington National Opera, 2007

The matinee cast, consisting mostly of current young artists, turned out to be the more convincing. Claudia Huckle was equally notable for her luscious mezzo-soprano and her gleefully boyish Hansel.
- Ronni Reich, The Washington Post

Ms. Huckle was amazingly convincing as a boy and has the perfect timbre to play this role.
-Alan Savada, Opera-L

Don Giovanni, Domingo-Cafritz young artist performance, 2007

Claudia Huckle relished all the juicy acting opportunities for Zerlina -- from the halfhearted squirming in Don Giovanni's embraces in Act 1 to her lascivious ministrations to Masetto in "Vedrai, carino" -- and sang cleanly.
- Washington Post, Robert Battey

Cosi fan tutte, Domingo-Cafritz young artist performance, 2007

British mezzo-soprano Claudia Huckle as Dorabella gave the most impressive performance on opening night. With a very creamy tone and consistently convincing musicality, Huckle shined most during Dorabella’s Act I aria expressing the despair caused by her lover’s departure for battle. The dialogue during Huckle’s recitatives with soprano Aundi Marie Moore as Fiordiligi flowed naturally along with the well-played continuo performed by harpsichordist Matthew Ottenlips.
- Michael Lodico, Ionarts

As Dorabella, mezzo-soprano Claudia Huckle displayed a powerful instrument with an intriguing burnished-brash edge that gave it considerable carrying power as well as expressiveness.
- Washington Times

Mezzo-soprano Claudia Huckle and soprano Aundi Marie Moore delivered impressive performances in the respective roles as Dorabella and Fiordiligi. Huckle’s warm, full voice captured her character’s move from exaggerated grief over the departure of Ferrando to her growing passion for her new suitor.
- By Zofia Budai, Hoya Staff Writer

Trevor Scheunemann, Claudia Huckle and Obed Ureña all turned in solid, enjoyable performances.
- Robert Battey, Washington Post

Otello, Washington Concert Opera, 2007

Talented young mezzo-soprano Claudia Huckle proved an interesting choice as Desdemona's friend Emilia. With her rich, substantial, yet occasionally overpowering voice, she made the most of her moments onstage, singing equally well as a soloist and in the ensembles. Hers is a huge, well-supported instrument, and graduation to larger dramatic roles may be close at hand.
- Washington Times

Mezzo-soprano Claudia Huckle made an intense and touching Emilia
- Washington Post, Tim Page

It was Ms. Futral who stole the evening along with her opening sequence with the Emilia of Claudia Huckle, a warm full mezzo in the Wash Natl Opera Young Artist Program. It was a shame Ms. Huckle did not get an aria.
- OPERA-L

Die Walkure, Washington National Opera, 2007

The cast also included Jane Ohmes, Caroline Thomas, Stacey Rishoi, Heidi Vanderford, Beverly O'Regan Thiele, Claudia Huckle, Magdalena Wor and Rebecca Ringle as a tough and eager gang of women warriors.
- Washington Post, Tim Page

And the company's youthful Valkyries (Claudia Huckle, Jane Ohmes, Beverly O'Regan Thiele, Caroline Thomas, Rebecca Ringle, Stacey Rishoi, Heidi Vanderford and Magdalena Wor) are simply the best ever.
- Washington Times

Welcome to opera concert, Kennedy Center opera stage, 2006

Scheunemann and mezzo-soprano Claudia Huckle sang with entranced ecstasy in a duet from "Cosi Fan Tutte"
- Washington Post, Tim Page

Salome, Santa Fe Opera, 2006

Claudia Huckle's Page was touching; it would be a pleasure to hear her in a larger role that allowed her to sing more.
- Musical America

This year, two gifted mezzo-sopranos familiar to Boston appeared in featured roles: Paula Murrihy was the comical Second Lady in Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte (“The Magic Flute”) and Claudia Huckle the sympathetic Page in Strauss’s Salome.
- The Boston Phoenix

Albert Hering, Curtis Institute Opera Theater, 2006

Claudia Huckle found much music and humanity in her role as Albert's obtuse Mom. The satire everywhere was sharp.
- Broad Street Review, Daniel Webster

Claudia Huckle, sonorous and quietly effective and Mum
- City Paper, David Shengold

Mozart Requiem, Monteverdi Choir USA and European Tour, 2006

The one exception was mezzo-soprano Claudia Huckle, whose full-bodied, piercing contributions to the Requiem soared above the crowd.
- San Francisco Chronicle, Joshua Kosman

Mezzo-soprano Claudia Huckle was a shock, her voice almost overwhelmingly full and dusky. Listening to the "Benedictus'' as the Requiem neared its conclusion was like being sung to death by a pair of sirens, Huckle and soprano Elin Manahan Thomas.
- The Mercury News, Richard Scheinin

Here it was the mezzo soprano, Claudia Huckle, who surpassed, her tone rich, her phrasing smooth and easy.
- San Francisco classical voice, Robert P. Commanday

Mezzo-soprano Claudia Huckle, tenor Andrew MacKenzie-Wicks and bass Matthew Brook -- came from the choir's ranks and sang with beauty and clarity.
- Contra Costa Times, Georgia Rowe

Claudia Huckle (in the Requiem) offered a sumptuously chocolately mezzo of the sort in which one could positively bathe.
- Nightafternight.blogs.com

The Little Prince, Boston Lyric Opera, 2005

Claudia Huckle brings a voice like a ripe plum to the Fox.
-The Boston Globe, Richard Dyer

Rich-voiced and lithe mezzo-soprano Claudia Huckle made a splendid Fox.
-The Boston Phoenix, Lloyd Schwartz

If every Fox had the exquisitely rich and beautiful mezzo-soprano of Claudia Huckle, people would stop hunting and just sit down on a log to listen to her.
-WBUR’s Online Arts Magazine, Mark Kroll

Others in the uniformly excellent cast included Claudia Huckle.
-The Boston Herald, T. J. Medrek

La Calisto, New England Conservatory Opera Theater, 2004

The most sumptuous voice last night was that of alto Claudia Huckle leading off the allegorical prologue.

- The Boston Globe, Richard Dyer