wagner DIE MEISTERSINGER VON NÜRNBURG / deutsche oper berlin

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"In the third act she revealed a voice of generous presence and pleasingly silvery tone: the startling ‘O Sachs! Mein Freund’ emerged less as a response to Sachs’s jealousy than a sudden moment of clarity, a cathartic outpouring of honest feeling that cleared away the messy emotional turmoil of the earlier scenes. The same radiance and clarity carried over to the quintet in which she was the dominant force."
Jesse Simon, Mundoclassico.com (27 June 2022)

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"Heidi Stober dealt with the physical demands of singing Eva, such as being entangled on the floor with Sachs, rather well with her slender but pliant, clear soprano."
Ako Imamura, Bachtrack (20 June 2022)

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bizet CARMEN / houston grand Opera

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“Soprano Heidi Stober, another former HGO Studio artist, has the most difficult job of all, portraying wimpy Micaela, whose character was added to Meilhac and Halevy's libretto as a sop to French family values. Virginal and skittish, she carries a torch for Jose, as well as a not-so-subtle kiss from mom to be given to her son. She's a throwback to grand opera days long past and can be portrayed as a dishrag when chirpy soubrettes take on the role, but Stober's burnished and powerful soprano gives her surprising depth and solemnity. Stober's Act I duet with Jose is a classic as is her final aria. These numbers are Bizet at his most radiantly old-fashioned, they're real crowd pleasers in emotion and sweeping French melody. Stober stops the show each time with her dramatic interpretation and golden pipes.”

D L Groover, Houston Press (October 2021)

"In a role that depends even more on sheer vocal attractiveness, soprano Heidi Stober brought warmth and lyrical glow to Micaela’s brief time onstage. In Micaela’s duet with José in Act 1 and aria in Act 3, Stober enabled Bizet’s big melodies to well up richly, but she also gave each number a flavor its own. In the duet, her touches of delicacy conveyed Micaela’s innocence and her love for José."
Steve Brown, Texas Classical Review (October 2021)

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"Elsewhere, soprano Heidi Stober makes the most of a rather thankless role as Micaela, the pious woman Jose throws over for Carmen. She shares a thrilling act one duet with Smagur that would be more romantic if the characters weren’t passing messages to and from Jose’s mother, but it’s still a beautiful scene. Her act three aria “Je dis que rien m’epouvante,” a plea for God to protect her after following Jose into the mountains, is likewise gorgeous."
Chris Gray, Houston Chronicle (October 2021)

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mozart COSI FAN TUTTE / Metropolitan Opera

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“The soprano Heidi Stober has been away from the Met for a few seasons, but returns with a cheerfully bright, natural, unexaggerated Despina.”

Zachary Woolfe, New York Times (February 2020)

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“As Despina, Heidi Stober carried herself with a fiery, magnetic energy that shone through the character’s many desires and disguises.”

Logan Martell, OperaWire (February 2020)

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“Heidi Stober’s serviceable soprano put across Despina’s “Una donna a quindici anni,” with flair, and she brought conspiratorial glee and a randy elbow in the ribs to the role.”

David Wright, New York Classical Review, (February 2020)