Anna Bergman

Excerpts from Reviews of Anna’s New Show at Feinstein’s “You & the Night & the Music: An Evening of Musical Imports & Exports”

"Being in the audience at Anna Bergman’s show at Feinstein’s at Loews Regency, made me think of the times I had attended a Vladimir Horowitz piano concert; sitting in Carnegie Hall listening to every note float through the air and being able to concentrate on every pianistic nuance of the great master…Looking alluring in her form fitting black velvet gown, this daughter of a diplomat masterly created the musical essence of European Cabaret, Opera and Broadway. Her show has everything you would expect from a first rate singer and actor, who also has a wonderful sense of humor and a nonchalant flirtatiousness that made it an electrifying evening.”
—Stephen Sorokoff, Times Square Chronicles

"A wonderful collection of songs performed by an artist at the top of her game…Her repertoire in this show reflected [her] international tutelage with songs in multiple languages (her French is exquisite and her German superb!). Bergman possesses a gorgeous lyric soprano that she can bend toward classical lieder…or musical theater… She’s also equally adept with contemporary fare…Not many women can open a show with a song from High Spirits and close it with an aria from La Boheme, but the beautiful Bergman pulls it off with ease to spare.”
—David Hurst, Next Magazine

"The lilting voice of soprano Anna Bergman brought a different but very beautiful sound to a SRO celebrity-filled audience at Feinstein’s last night…The combination of American and foreign songs made for a delightful evening of melody. In addition to her operatic voice, Ms. Bergman displayed a very deft sense of humor… [and] brought the audience to it’s feet.”
—Ron Forman, WKRB 90.9 FM

"Anna Bergman is a gorgeous singer—gorgeous in every way: lovely of face and form, elegant in bearing and manner without being cool or formal—indeed, she can be emotionally very open—and with a voice that is a rich, luscious soprano…Hauntingly beautiful…poignant…touching. Performed to perfection…heartbreaking…simply glorious…her ebullient performance of "Glitter and Be Gay" was beyond terrific…I admire her talent so much.”
—Roy Sander, BistroAwards.com

REVIEWS FOR ANNA BERGMAN

"A songstress who has triumphed in everything from Broadway-flavored tunes to opera arias and the sultry innuendoes of the cabaret chanteuse.”
—Cecilia Porter, The Washington Post

“The real prize of the [2008 Cabaret Convention] concert found a beauteous Anna Bergman with a group of Richard Rodgers love songs that revealed the cunning contrast among the composer’s lyric writers…the sweet simplicity mastered by Lorenz Hart…the stately grace created by Oscar Hammerstein…a Rodgers collaboration with Stephen Sondheim carries an incessant, heart-stopping romanticism that is infectiously rapturous and beautifully defined.”
—Robert L. Daniels, Variety

"A dynamite looking doll, with more than a touch of class and blessed with a voice most girl-singers would kill for…Run-don’t walk to see and hear her!"
— Nancy Walman, WQXR, NY Times Radio

“A very classy American diva, an extremely beautiful singer…A world class performer!”
—Maximillien de La Croix de Lafayette, International Herald Daily News (Named “One of the Best Singers in America” 2005)

“Looking at times like Julie Andrews and Renee Flemming and sounding very much up to par with both of them, Anna Bergman is a most accomplished performer. She is stylish in a simple way. Natural, poised, amusing and charming. Her voice has power and a sensitivity which would fill the room even without amplification. She is the perfect cabaret songstress. A singer who could command complete silence while she is singing says it all.”
—Oscar E. Moore, TalkEntertainment.com

“With Barbara Cook’s popularity soaring to all time highs… audiences still go nuts for a soprano brimming with classical cleanliness…and a repertoire that straddles Broadway’s best with the Met. Indeed, this could be the trajectory of the generations-younger diva Anna Bergman.”
—David Drake, Playbill

"In a carefully polished cabaret program…[With] songs that require a variety of vocal styles and skills, ranging from torch song to operatic aria, it is unusual to hear a singer who is at home in all of them …Whether they were originally associated with Barbara Cook, Julie Andrews or even Maria Callas, Bergman made these songs momentarily her own.”
—Joseph McLellan, The Washington Post

“Anna Bergman…sang so beautifully that it made everything else on the program seem flat by comparison…a scintillating soprano.”
—Will Friedwald, The New York Sun

“Anna Bergman has one of the most glorious voices in cabaret. She can sing anything from the classics to opera to musical theater and even novelty material. Anna is also stunningly beautiful and classy… It is the combination of her acting, singing and charm that makes Anna Bergman the total package”.
—Linda Amiel Burns, TheatreScene.net

“I am dumbstruck! Anna is elegant, beautiful and dramatically talented.”
—Danny Stiles, WNYC Radio

“Anna Bergman is a lady with a beautifully exciting voice. The American diva, the very captivating chanteuse…we are going to be following the career of Anna Bergman.”
—Joe Franklin, Bloomberg Radio

“Not since Dawn Upshaw triumphed with I Wish It So has a soprano so effortlessly navigated the waters of Broadway and art songs to such dazzling effect…She sings with perfect, heartbreaking truth. Brava!”
—David Hurst, Show Business

“A glorious voice...the sureness and subtlety of a fine actress...a captivating, class program and performance.”
—Peter Haas, Cabaret Scenes

“Wherever Love Takes Me is a lovely show that makes classic songs seem vibrant and new…elegant and utterly enjoyable.”
—Jena Tesse Fox, Broadwayworld.com

“For my money, Ms. Bergman stole the show. She seemed to radiate poise, self-possession, integrity…”
—Virginia Garrison, The East Hampton Star

“It’s high time you heard soprano Anna Bergman…A versatile and attractive performer who can really sing the classical stuff and then surprise you with her musical comedy chops…a tour de force.”
—Barbara & Scott Siegel, Theatremania.com (Awarded Best CD of 2002)

“The Pasadena Pops Orchestra…featured the vocals of cabaret star Anna Bergman [who] thrilled the crowd.”
—Pasadena Living Magazine

“A singer of splendid accomplishment…achieving a memorable evening from a thrilling voice.”
—John Hoglund, Backstage

“Looking like a cross between Madonna and Madeline Kahn and possessing a touch of the latter’s mix of a pure classically trained soprano voice and a zany comic sensibility…with her shimmering soprano and excellent taste in material…her warm, engaging wit and personality.”
—Jonathan Frank, TalkinBroadway.com

“Her consummate style and success is built on the strength of that amazing voice and the sweet sexiness of the songs she performs. Bergman’s phenomenal singing range makes her quite the Diva.”
—Marie Lynn Squillace, BroadwayStars.com

"Anna Bergman dazzles as a singer, oozing class and professionalism with a voice that beautifully merges Broadway and opera. Bergman’s musical intensity causes our eyes to well up".
—Kristin Forte, ShowBusinessWeekly.com

“An elegant diva…Anna Bergman is a delight for the ears and eyes and a joy…we want more, Sir, we want more!”
—Sandi Durell, Broadwayafterdark.com