"alluring..."
---- - LA Times 6/10/08
"There was more marrying of acoustic and electronic on Saturday night. What sounded like a plague of cicadas turned out to be the start of Philippe Manoury's "En echo." Black-frocked soprano Juliana Snapper was the sole presence on stage while Miller Puchette presided over the electronics. The echo of the title is that of the eponymous nymph who was robbed of speech save for the curse of repeating all that she heard. Here it is the electronic score that responds to the solo vocal line, but it is a response of infinite subtlety. The effect is haunting, other-worldly, with a sense of barely controlled hysteria in the face of utter loneliness.
'Los Angeles-based Snapper, known for her off-the-wall work, sang the challenging part with superb control."
---- - Keith Clarke, Musical America 6/9/08
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