Press & Reviews

Normanno, Lucia di Lammermoor, Opera Cleveland, 2010

“Philippe Pierce, as Enrico’s underling and spy Normanno, excelled.”
- Kelly Ferjutz, “Review: Opera Cleveland’s Sicilian Lucia”
Coolcleveland.com, 20 May 2010

“Philippe Pierce as Normanno and Nicole Birkland as Alisa made their own contributions to the assembled vocal splendor.
- Daniel Hathaway, “Concert Report”
Clevelandclassical.com, 24 May 2010

Feature article and interview
-Richard M. Berrong, “The Mafia in an opera”
Gay People’s Chronicle, 21 May 2010

Don Basilio/Don Curzio, Le Nozze di Figaro, Opera Cleveland, 2008

“The perfectly foppish Basilio of Philippe Pierce completed the principal cast list”
- Alan Montgomery, “In Review”
Opera News, 26 September 2008

“Bravos, too, to Philippe Pierce, who brings incisive zest to the roles of Don Basilio and Don Curzio.”
- Donald Rosenberg, “Opera Cleveland presents an admirable ‘Figaro’”
The Cleveland Plain Dealer, 27 September 2008

Henrik, A Little Night Music, Opera Cleveland, 2007

“And not only does Philippe Pierce bring impressive vocal agility to the role of Fredrik’s repressed, cello-playing son Henrik; he manages the difficult task of making the character at once appealing and hilariously drippy.”
- Jerome Crossley, “Considered Opinion” WCLV 104.9, 11 August 2007

“Philippe Pierce smolders — and displays a healthy tenor — as the repressed Henrik”
- Donald Rosenberg, “‘A Little Night Music’ soars with song, style”
The Cleveland Plain Dealer, 12 August 2007

“Philippe Pierce resoundingly renders the seminarian’s post-pubescent anxieties.”
- James Damico, “Little Music’s Big Night”
The Cleveland Free Times, 15 August 2007

“Credit Philippe Pierce with giving the lovesick puppy Henrik an appealingly contemporary earnestness.  With Pierce’s outstanding tenor, Derby’s warm baritone and Stewart’s sky-rocketing soprano, the vocal textures of ‘Now/Soon/Later’ were especially satisfying”
- Jacqueline Gerber, “Abundance of Glitter”
The Sondheim Review, Fall 2007

“Henrik was quite well played and sung by Philippe Pierce, who not only was capable of singing the highest notes easily, without resorting to falsetto, but mimed the playing of the cello so admirably that most of the audience was unsure whether he was really playing or not.”
- Alan Montgomery, “In review”
Opera News, 8 November 2007

Marc, Florida, Lyric Opera Cleveland, 2006

“The Lyric Opera apprentices were marvelous champions of their roles.”
- Donald Rosenberg, “Last show leaves sunny memory”
The Cleveland Plain Dealer, 27 July 2006

Marco, The Gondeliers, H&R Gilbert and Sullivan Players, 2003

“Pierce’s fabulous voice and grand acting style are uniquely remarkable.”
- Patrick D. Blanchfield, “G&S Mounts Engaging ‘Gondoliers’’’
The Harvard Crimson, 8 December 2003

“In a strong cast, the standout voice was Philippe Pierce as Marco. “Take a pair of sparkling eyes” soared over the orchestra, full of sweetness and yearning.”
- Alessandra Kingsford, The Trumpet Bray, January 2004