| Eric Van Hoven - Selected Reviews | bio and resume |
| Mikado, Anchorage Opera |
| "Eric Van Hoven as Nanki-Poo contributes a fine tenor voice and well-honed acting skills to the besotted royal in disguise." |
| - The Anchorage Press, 2004 |
In the title role of "Faust" with Sacramento Opera |
| "Eric van Hoven, also in his Sacramento debut, proved to be an admirable title character as the alchemist Faust. Van
Hoven's aged Faust was convincing dramatically......When Faust regained his youth through Mephistopheles' magic, van Hoven cut a
handsome figure matched th roughout the opera by his rather thrilling tenor voice. In the first scene, van
Hoven's 'Rien!' aria when he decides to kill himself...the air was pierced by his voice. I his 'Night and Love' duet with Marguerite,
he was tender and elegant.
"[Amy Hansen] and van Hoven were sparkling as the young lovers." |
| - Patricia Beach Smith, The Sacramento Bee, 3/3/03 |
"Rosina" - Skylight Opera |
| "Tenor Eric van Hoven sang strongly and took the acting honors of the evening with his delightful portrait of Senor Mendoza, a lecherous art dealer. |
| - John Koopman, Opera News, 6/2001 |
"H.M.S. Pinafore" - Nevada Opera |
| "All the leads were also first rate. In addition to being fine singers-solos, duets and trios were performed with polish - all were excellent actors with the clear diction needed for the intricate lyrics...Tenor Eric van Hoven was a marvelously sincere and funny Ralph Rackstraw, the seaman who becomes the captain." |
| - Reno Gazette-Journal, Naomi Grady, 5/6/00 |
| "The lowly sailor in all this is Eric van Hoven. Van Hoven's clarion tenor radiates panace and youthful vitality. His Ralph Rackstraw is as dashing as Plurnley's Josephine is fair, making the love interest in Pinafore a feast for the eyes as well as the ears." |
| - Jack Neal's Music Reviews, 5/4/00 |
"Mikado" |
| [Huntington Theater (Boston) & North Shore Musical Theatre (Beverly)]
"Tenor Eric van Hoven,...was a youthfully appealing, vibrant-voiced and dramatically effective Nanki-Poo. A wand'ring minstrel I' was an effective showcase for his impressive vocal range and command of styles." |
| - Cape Cod Times, Anna Crebo, 1999 |
| "Eric van Hoven and Marie Danvers were appealing as the young lovers, better than that, they were sexy in roles that are usually neutered." |
| - The Boston Globe, Richard Dyer, 1999 |
"The Merry Widow" - Virginia Opera |
| "...and Eric van Hoven (Rosillon) made strong vocal and dramatic impressions." |
| - Opera Canada, Carl Dolmetsch, 1999 |
"H.M.S. Pinafore" - Virginia Opera |
| "The young lovers, ...were effectively played by tenor Eric van Hoven and soprano Laura Danchower Whyte. Their light, clear, youthful, voices were ideally suited to the parts, right up to their seemly effortless high notes. Their facial expressions heightened every change of mood every twist in the plot." |
| - The Virginia-Pilot, Lee Teply, 1998 |
| "Soprano ... And tenor Eric van Hoven, as the young lovers Josephine and Rackstraw, charmed with appealing renditions of their roles." |
| - The Washington Post, J.F. Greene, 1998 |
"Romeo Et Juliette" - Hawaii Opera Theater |
| "...Eric van Hoven's clear, robust tenor depicted a fiery Tybalt." |
| - Star-Bulletin, 1998 |
"Candide" - Broadway |
| "...replace by understudy Eric van Hoven...the sudden thrust into the spot light did not deter van Hoven from giving a first rate performance. |
| - Every Wednesday, (Washington), 1997 |
"Candide" - Opera Roanoke |
| "Eric van Hoven...sightly and vocally sterling as the wide-eyed Candide...van Hoven is convincingly boyish but musically man enough for the harmonically tricky, sparsely accompanied 'It Must Be So'." |
| - Richmond Chronicle, 1996 |