JUL '08 DESPINA IN MOZART'S "COSI FAN TUTTE"
Chautauqua Opera

"Here, [Despina]’s played by Nili Riemer, whose distinctively feathery, warbling soprano and oversized personality make her a cleaning lady to remember. In this case, when Despina says success ensues in any production over which she takes charge, her words are true in more ways than one"
The Chautauquan Daily
Review: Cosi fan tutte, Z. Lewis

"The women's maid, Despina, requires fine singing, but it demands outstanding comic acting as well, and Nili Riemer was up to the challenge."
The Post Journal
Chautauqua Opera Company Opens With Light Comedy, R. Plyler

MAY '08 ROSINA IN ROSSINI'S "IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA"
Tri-Cities Opera

"As is often the case, Rossini's opera was here divided into more leisurely three-acts with the curtain going up on the second act clearly focused on soprano Nili Riemer's show stopping cavatina (“Una voce poco fa”). By turns demure, beguiling and feisty, Riemer's singing was gorgeous, disciplined and note-perfect. In a role originally conceived for a mezzo, Riemer nonetheless commanded enough vocal heft and breath control to deliver a rich, well-projected chest tone when needed. Beginning with an unusually slow introduction she advanced to a delicious attack on “L'orai” before taking on the more rapid, high-lying allegro, gradually adding increased ornamentation (the fiorature on “Lindoro” was beautifully phrased). The rapid portion was finely done and the cadenza closed on a well-placed shimmering F.
Riemer's command of colorature during her well-matched duet with Figaro (“Dunque io son”) was also superb."

The Ithaca Journal
A well-cast ‘Barber of Seville' sparkles in Binghamton, S. Landesman

MAY '08 ZERBINETTA'S ARIA FROM STRAUSS'S "ARIADNE AUF NAXOS"
The Brooklyn Philharmonic

"Zerbetta's Aria from Richard Strauss's "Ariadne auf Naxos," [was] sung with clear and sweet coloratura by soprano Nili Riemer. She takes us into her confidence and holds us rapt till her end—a wink."

Explore Dance
"The Brooklyn Philharmonic, Complexions Contemporary Ballet", L. Ortiz

NOV '07 BLONDCHEN IN MOZART'S "DIE ENTFUHRUNG AUS DEM SERAIL'
Anchorage Opera

"A perfectly executed example was the aria and duet at the top of Act II, where the spunky Blonda (Nili Riemer) poo poohs Osmin (David Ward), telling him English ladies respond best to sweet courting, not orders. Riemer’s cotton candy soprano danced effortlessly through Mozart’s intimidating coloratura passages. She punctuated ruthless high notes with charming physical comedy bits, never betraying even a wrinkle of tension in her face."

"Acting-wise, Riemer and tenor Aaron Pegram (as Blonda’s lover Pedrillo) could not be beat"

Anchorage Daily News
Opera's "Abduction" cast meets Mozart's challenge, S. Henning

SEPT '07 OSCAR IN VERDI'S "UN BALLO IN MASCHERA"
Minnesota Opera

Energy was also the hallmark of Nili Riemer's nimble Oscar. She lit up Verdi's breezy, French-flavored ensembles...and forcefully projected the work's distinctively tragicomic character.
Opera News, Dec.2007 Vol.72 no.6
In Review: Un Ballo in Maschera, L. Fuchsberg

"The show-stealer is Nili Riemer, who did the same in "Tales of Hoffmann" at the Ordway last year. Riemer is perfect as Oscar, one of the king's attendants, who appears to have walked straight out of a Mozart opera buffa and into middle-period Verdi...Riemer was an unforgettable Olympia in "Hoffmann," and her easy coloratura and sparkling stage presence make her ideal in this role."
The Post Bulletin
Minnesota Opera's masked ball comes together with force, J. Furst

"It was Nili Riemer, in the trouser role of Oscar, who delivered the most satisfying performance. Her quicksilver soprano made easy work of the punishing tesitura and demanding coloratura. What’s more, she made the foolishly self-important youth a delight at each appearance."
MSPMag.com
A Masked Ball at Ordway Center, W. Beard

"agile and spunky...an energizing presence"
The Star Tribune
A Rewarding Night of Vintage Verdi Opera, L. Fuchsberg

"puckish playfulness and enthusiastic singing...she seemed a blast of pure oxygen"
The Pioneer Press
A Masked Ball, R. Hubbard

JULY '07 CUNEGONDE IN BERNSTEIN'S "CANDIDE"
Steffisburger Kammerchor

Cunegonde, played by Nili Riemer who substituted at short notice, was so outstanding in her performance, that she won the hearts of the public immediately.

Cunegonde, die von der kurzfristig eingesprungenen Nili Riemer so hervorragend in Szene gesetzt wurde, das ihr die Herzen im publikum sofort zuflogen.

Thuner Tagblatt
Was Candide und Soaps gemeindsam haben, H. Eggermann

MAY '07 BARBARINA IN MOZART'S "LE NOZZE DI FIGARO"
Minnesota Opera

"Nili Riemer, who's had a most successful season with this company, was a scene-stealing Barbarina."

Opera News
In Review, L. Fuchsberg, August 2007, Vol.72, no.2

MAY '07 BARBARINA IN MOZART'S "LE NOZZE DI FIGARO"
Minnesota Opera

"Nili Riemer offered a charming Barbarina"

The Star Tribune
MN Opera lets humor of 'Figaro' shine, M. Anthony

APRIL '07 LAKME IN DELIBES'S "LAKME"
Minnesota Opera

"the floated pianissimos in her death scene were heart-stopping"

Opera News
In Review, L. Fuchsberg, July 2007 , vol 71 , no.1

OCT/NOV ’06 OLYMPIA IN OFFENBACH’S “LES CONTES D’HOFFMANN”
Minnesota Opera

"Nili Riemer's Olympia, hilariously sung and mimed in a getup fit for the Mad Hatter's tea party, set the pace for the women."
Opera News
In Review: Contes d'Hoffmann February 2007, vol 71, no.8, Larry Fuchsberg

“Our hard-drinking romantic anti-hero falls for a sweet-singing robot, with soprano Nili Riemer impressively scaling the loftiest peaks of her register while strutting about jerkily like a wind-up toy.”
The Pioneer Press
Long ‘Hoffmann’ keeps your attention, Ron Hubbard, October 30, 2006

“Among the women Nili Riemer [makes] a funny and vocally agile Olympia”
The Star Tribune
‘Hoffmann’ satisfies the senses at the Ordway, Michael Anthony, October 29, 2006

"Soprano Nili Riemer (Olympia) showed amazing high notes and comic style"
Opera Canada
Saint Paul: Opera Review, U. Weiss, Jan.1, 2007

"La soprano Nili Riemer fue muy cómica en su interpretación de Olimpia"
Opera en America
St. Paul, March 2007

JULY ’06 SUOR GENEVIEVE IN PUCCINI’S “SUOR ANGELICA”
Chautauqua Opera

“Other notable contributions included Nili Riemer’s quicksilver Genevieve”

Opera News
Suor Angelica & Gianni Schicchi, Chautauqua Opera, October 2006, vol.71 no.4

JULY ’06 BARBARINA IN MOZART’S “LE NOZZE DI FIGARO”
Chautauqua Opera

“Soprano Nili Riemer, a Chautauqua Opera Young Artist, has a relatively minor role playing the gardener’s daughter Barbarina. But she uses every opportunity she has to display a lovely, razor-sharp voice, one that’s likely to carry her into more demanding territory soon enough.”

The Chautauquan Daily
Figaro- Match made in Heaven, Z. Lewis, guest reviewer

NOV '05 LUCIA IN DONIZETTI'S "LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR"
Tri-Cities Opera

"To fine phrasing and enormous vocal agility, Nili Riemer has recently added a subtle vibrato which enormously enhanced her lovely Act 1 cavatina Regnava nel silenzio. Her Act 2 plea (Soffriva nel pianto), sung almost prone on the floor of her brother's study, was heartbreakingly lovely. The Act 3 mad scene was marked by complete vocal and dramatic involvement and some lovely ornamentation in coloratura runs as Riemer passed disconcertedly among the assembled wedding guests to the accompaniment of a solo flute."

The Ithaca Journal

JUN/JUL '05 OLYMPIA IN OFFENBACH'S "LES CONTES D'HOFFMANN"
Des Moines Metro Opera

"Offenbach's Les Contes D'Hoffmann employed that comfy old performing edition we all knew and loved before scholarship managed to all but drain the life out of the piece. Each unattainable inamorata emerged solidly, particularly the delectable Olympia of Nili Riemer, whose pinpoint coloratura and ditzy wind-up-shtick exploited the role's potential charmingly"

Opera News July, 2005 vol.70 no.1

JUN/JUL '05 OLYMPIA IN OFFENBACH'S "LES CONTES D'HOFFMANN"
Des Moines Metro Opera

"Olympia, the first of the three lovers who represents the side of Hoffmann's ideal love who is the beautiful young girl, sung by Nili Riemer, sings the famous "Doll Aria" to impress the crowd. Riemer creates a great physical character as the wind-up toy, and manages to deliver brilliant coloratura singing while never loosening up physically"

Des Moines Metro Register

FEB '05 MONICA IN MENOTTI'S "THE MEDIUM"
Tri-Cities Opera

"As Monica, the wistful daughter of the medium, soprano Nili Riemer gave a remarkable performance, alternately mimicking the voice of an imaginary, imperious queen and that of the mute, Toby (very well acted by Peter Walz) to whom she sings the subtle and complex waltz "Monica, Monica." Riemer's melancholy folk ditty about a black swan performed against her mother's frightened prayer at the end of the first act was stunning"

The Ithaca Journal

OCT/NOV '04 MARIE IN DONIZETTI'S "LA FILLE DU REGIMENT"
Tri-Cities Opera

"Soprano Nili Riemer appears to have been born to sing the title role: With excellent musicianship, a clear command of both language and score, Riemer delivered a stunning performance with a splendid coloratura, effortless use of portamento and gorgeous, well supported top notes. Her martial ditty on the 21st Regiment ("Chacun la sait, chacun le dit”) showed wonderful breath control, and her Act 1 romance ("Il faut partir") was deeply touching. Moreover, Riemer is quite a skilled actress: Her ill-concealed distaste for an obligatory lesson in polite singing and deportment in Act 2 was extremely funny without being excessive"

The Ithaca Journal

NOV '02 QUEEN OF THE NIGHT IN MOZART'S "DIE ZAUBERFLOTE"
Longwood Opera

“Soprano Nili Riemer, as Pamina's villainous mother, the Queen of the Night, also impressed with both accuracy and expressiveness in the role's fiendishly high-flying music.”

The Boston Herald