"Yvonne Fontane used her assured body language and smokey contralto to give us an ideal Carmen."

Carmen Carmen, RTE Irish Radio Concert Orchestra '07                 Irish Times

"Dark and luscious, her fabulous mezzo soprano has all the fluidity of melted chocolate."

Cavalleria Rusticana Santuzza, Lakeland Opera '07   

North West Evening Mail

"Yvonne Fontane, who also directed the production, was an outstanding Dorabella, strong throughout her mezzo range, splendidly flamboyant in her 'Smanie implacabili'."

Cosi fan Tutte Dorabella

Stowe Opera '05, OPERA

• The Dutton Epoch CD of Donald Tovey's opera 'The Bride of Dionysus' with Fontane in the role of Pheadra and the BBC Ulster Orchestra made RECORDING OF THE MONTH (04/2010) by www.musicweb-international.com
• Opera Galas at Harare International Festival of the Arts in April                        
• Carmen in Germany in July/August 2010  

• "Yvonne Fontane, an artist blessed with forcible staging skills...with a thriving, large-cast MERRY WIDOW, colourful, flamboyant, good-looking and bursting with joie de vivre." (THE MERRY WIDOW Director, Lakeland Opera, OPERA NOW UK Opera Focus 2010)

"Among the soloists, I particularly enjoyed the gorgeously rich tones of mezzo Yvonne Fontane."

Mozart C Minor Mass '06         Oxford Times

"Yvonne Fontane is stunning as Carmen. She manages to combine a sublime vocal ability with a wonderful stage presence and skillful acting. The result is that the audience cannot take their eyes off her."

Carmen Carmen Opera Queensland '04 www.theblurb.com.au