Reviews
“Bonnie Callaghan – wide-eyed, vibrant and intensely touching – sang luminously in the title role.” - The Spectator 2024 Richard Bratby (Rimsky-Korsakov ‘The Snow Maiden’ translation by Christopher Cowell- Royal Northern College of Music 2023 )
“Bonnie Callaghan also shone as Adele, the chambermaid who sneaks into the party disguised as a pink-gowned starlet. Her crisp soprano sparkled with every soubrette note.” - number9reviews 2022 Thalia Terpsichore (J. Strauss ‘Die Fledermaus’ translation by David Parry- Royal Northern College of Music 2022)
“Young soprano… Bonnie Callaghan sang On This Island. Of note was the achingly beautiful Nocturne which she sang to perfection.” - Arts muse London 2019 (KOFMA: Benjamin Britten ‘On this Island’)
“Brilliantly heartless, sausage roll-filching pupils (Sophie Gallagher, Nicholas Challier and Bonnie Callaghan: pure Just William” - The arts desk 2017 Richard Bratby (Benjamin Britten ‘Albert Herring’ Buxton International Festival 2017)
“Sophie Gallagher, Nicholas Challier and Bonnie Callaghan made a lovely trio as the kids, running riot and generally charming everyone too.”- Planet Hugill 2017 (Benjamin Britten ‘Albert Herring’ Buxton International Festival 2017)
“Finally, the children are perfect, well characterized in their innocent mischief”- apemusicale.it 2016 Roberta Pedrotti (Benjamin Britten ‘Albert Herring’ Maggio Musicale Opera di Firenze 2016) Translated from Italian
“The interpreters of the three children of the village seem to have been born on the stage… Praise, therefore, for … Bonnie Callaghan's CIS …if you wanted confirmation that in England you are taught to be on the stage and to act like nowhere else in the world, here is further proof.”- ReviewsOperaClick.It ) 2016 Fabrizio Moschini Translated from Italian