THE SKINNY:
I'm a professional actress and singer who recently moved to New York City from my hometown of San Francisco to pursue a career in theatre and musical theatre. I also specialize in the works of Weimar-era German (/American) composer Kurt Weill, and have been seen in various cabaret, theatrical, vaudeville and burlesque incarnations, as well as professional theatre and opera companies along both coasts and abroad.
www.arielamorgenstern.com
WHAT THEY SAY:
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“The truth must be told: Opera goes better with such beautiful, fiery singing actresses as Ariela Morgenstern in the title role (Carmen)”
- Janos Gereben, SF Classical Voice.org
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“...Ariela Morgenstern slams it out of the park. She's the ultimate sultry good-girl-gone-bad, prostitute with a heart, practical and lovelorn at the same time. As many times as I've seen "Threepenny," I've seldom seen this role better sung or acted -- she's a knockout.”
- Jeanie Forte, Palo Alto Weekly
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"This was a production excellently sung from beginning to end, with the dramatic down-and-dirty element captured particularly by Ariela Morgenstern, who, as a modern-day incarnation of Lotte Lenya's Jenny, burned up the stage with her cabaret-smoky persona. Morgenstern's electrifying performance seemed to inspire the rest of the cast, and, after her entrance, the show just kept getting better and better."
- Mark Alburger, 21st-Century Music Journal
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“…you might hear…voluptuous mezzo-soprano Ariela Morgenstern, middle finger riding up her black vinyl dress to teasingly flip the audience off, belting the Buzzcocks' "Orgasm Addict," her high wails threatening to shatter every cocktail glass in sight.”
- Joe Jarrell, San Francisco Chronicle
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“During a recent Kurt Weill tribute…I found myself unexpectedly overcome by the vocal prowess of mezzo-soprano Ariela Morgenstern. Having already awed audiences in Austria with the same repertoire, she toyed with us, emphasizing her theatrical training and lusty good humor, as well as the ribald nature of the songs. During the encore, however, our jaws dropped…Her voice alone would be worth the price of admission to "Unkle Paul's Dark Kabaret.”
- Silke Tudor, SF Weekly
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“Jenny Diver is played by Ariela Morgenstern, with a smoky, cabaret mezzo soprano sound that was perfect for the role.”
- Mort Levine, The Almanac
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FINALLY!!!!!!!!!
This woman is brilliant.
I cannot count the times her voice has carried me to a beautiful place, tears in my eyes and ears full of perfectness.
She is not only gorgeous and talented! but she is exceedingly hialrious.
I say BRAVA! to her.
Ariela, I take my pants off to you!
