Susanna Phillips and Eric Owens present Schubert

John von Rhein, Chicago, Tribune:

“With her creamy timbre, seamless vocal compass, clear German diction and spontaneous ease of expression, Phillips cast herself as charming ingenue ("Die Manner sind mechant") and enraptured lover ("Bei dir allein") with equal success. The musical understanding she and Huang brought to the familiar "Gretchen am Spinnrade" was interesting: They began quite slowly, gathering speed and emotional intensity before reaching a shattering climax as the woeful heroine recalled the kiss of the faithless Faust.”