Reviews

Gallery of Memories

Presteigne Festival

“The open-hearted candour with which Zoe Drummond approached this often bitter-sweet material was impressive, notably in an unaccompanied, freely expressive passage at the work’s midpoint, which she invested with a halting thrill of doubt…. Also of note in this resonant recital was an incisive, touching and emotionally centred delivery of Jonathan Dove’s elegant Five Am’rous Sighs and a graceful and aptly celebratory outing for William Walton’s A Song for the Lord Mayor’s Table.”
Musical Opinion, 2023

Carmen

Scottish Opera

“Zoe Drummond and Lea Shaw sing Frasquita and Mercédès gloriously, with their tarot card duet being a real highlight”
WestEnd BestFriend, 2023

“Mention is also required for Zoe Drummond and Lea Shaw, whose Frasquita and Mercédès make lively, opinionated comrades for Carmen, as well as adding their distinct and delightful voices to the mix.”
The QR, 2023

Opera Highlights Tour

Scottish Opera

“Zoe gave us some gorgeous “I’m a soprano in love and I can sing quite brilliantly” arias in first Russian and then French – I particularly liked the waltz O légère hirondelle from Gounod’s Mireille…but the most gloriously perfect piece for me was the duet Io t’abbracio from Handel’s Rodelinda. It was simply magic”
ScotsGay Arts, 2022

“Gounod [suits her] voice well, while Drummond has another first half showpiece in Russian as Rimsky-Korsakov’s Snow Maiden.”
The Herald Scotland, 2022

Orfeo

Garsington Opera

“The sight and sound of Zoe Drummond’s Eurydice, singing her lament as she reaches vainly with her hand through the ring of light, will not be easily forgotten.”
Bachtrack, 2022

“Zoe Drummond shone as Eurydice, and it was satisfying to see a production which emphasised her loss of life as much as Orfeo’s loss of love.”
Opera Today, 2022

“Zoe Drummond makes something memorable out of an understandably nervous Eurydice.“
The Stage, 2022

Juliana

Nova Music & Resonus Classics

“In the demanding title role, Australian soprano Zoe Drummond nimbly moves from capricious entitlement to fragile vulnerability in a characterfully sung performance marked by nuanced emotions and a vital engagement with libretto and score. ”
Limelight Magazine, 2022

“Zoe Drummond is suitably flighty and capricious in the first half as Juliana, but more fragile later. Her love duet with Juan, strongly sung by Felix Kemp, is beautifully achieved and something of that glow remains ‘after the event’. “
Gramophone, 2022

“The score is brilliantly written, with a spaciousness and sure sense of timing that encourages Zoe Drummond (Juliana) and Felix Kemp (Juan) to fully vocally and dramatically inhabit their characters.”
BBC Music Magazine, 2022

Così fan tutte
Despina

WATERPERRY OPERA FESTIVAL

“The most rounded performance of all, though, came from Zoe Drummond as Despina, here characterized as a Waterperry gardener complete with wheelbarrow and potted shrub, who proffered not hot chocolate but glasses of prosecco in the al fresco setting. Drummond mixed ingenuousness and mischief in nifty proportions to depict this character as another of Don Alfonso’s playthings, while vocally she relished the wit of a translation that deserves to gain wider currency.”
Opera Magazine, October 2020

“Zoe Drummond made for a sparky Despina, here a gardener though really a jill of all trades, and Drummond’s lively tone and easy way with character paid dividends.“
Planet Hugill, 2020

“Drummond made a strong impression, effervescent and enchanting as the gardener- cum- love adviser and singing with a creamy tone.“
Diary of a Londoness, 2020

Gala – at – Home

YARRA VALLEY OPERA FESTIVAL

“From the opening seconds, two pure sustained notes by soprano Zoe Drummond, it was clear that Gertrude Opera’s worldwide gala… was going to be a success.”
The Sydney Morning Herald , 2020

Two Weddings, One Bride
Giroflé / Girofla

OPERA AUSTRALIA

“Soprano Zoe Drummond masters the silvery soprano style in which the notes pour forth from an ever-smiling mouth”
Simon Parris: Man In Chair, 2019

“Drummond is vivacious….[her] upper register is delicately pristine, exciting the crowd.”
Performing Arts Hub, 2019

“Zoe Drummond is charming, her soprano bright and attractive.”
The Sydney Morning Herald, 2019

The Enchanted Pig
Adelaide

YARRA VALLEY OPERA FESTIVAL

“Zoe Drummond, as her vixen-like daughter, Adelaide, launches into one of many performance highlights with a bridezilla outburst in front of her wedding caterers, her soprano assured, athletic and penetrating.”
Limelight Magazine, 2019

La Cenerentola
Clorinda

WEST GREEN HOUSE OPERA

“[The] daughters, Zoe Drummond’s Clorinda and Sioned Gwen Davies as Tisbe, were superb as bickering siblings; to the manor born as chavvy teenagers whose attempts to win the hand of Ramiro made for some truly cringe-making moments – a compelling coupling.”
Opera Today, 2019

A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Tytania

GUILDHALL SCHOOL OF MUSIC AND DRAMA

“This is a production that unequivocally puts the fairies in charge, led by Collin Shay as Oberon. He is strongly paired by Zoe Drummond, also in the punk-goth groove, and blessed with a powerful, dramatic soprano and an equally commanding stage presence. In this most magical of operas, they are both spellbinding.”
Classical Source, 2019

Così fan tutte
Despina

GUILDHALL SCHOOL OF MUSIC AND DRAMA

“Finally, there was the playful Despina essayed by the splendid Australian soprano Zoe Drummond. Her CV already boasts an impressive array of roles…and she seemed perfectly at home on stage here, coquettish and entrancing in her role as Alfonso’s left-hand woman, her ‘Una donna a quindici anni’ simply delicious vocally. Fresh-voiced and beautifully accurate, she excelled. “
Seen and Heard International, 2018

Winner & Mathy Marianne Mathy Scholarship Recipient

IFAC HANDA AUSTRALIAN SINGING COMPETITION

“Drummond impressed judges with a technically refined reading of the aria ‘Nel grave tormento’… She followed it up with Nanetta’s aria…sung with commendable control and shimmering tone. “
Limelight magazine, 2018

A Dinner Engagement
Susan

GUILDHALL SCHOOL OF MUSIC AND DRAMA

“Every time Zoe Drummond’s recalcitrant Susan appeared…I could not help but smile. Her soprano floated effortlessly, a soufflé of freedom in contrast to the stew of panic around her”
Opera Today, 2018