What they're saying about
Shanny
Carnegie Hall Citywide
Classical Explorer
"Keegan makes this into a monodrama of Schoenbergian dimensions... Keegan and Wajnberg confirm a quasi-operatic take on Schwanengesang. There is daring within this...Keegan's delivery is most affecting; others make much of the line, but Keegan lets it speak for itself...‘Der Doppelgänger.’ A perfect sense of space, a perfect sense of rhythm from both musicians speaks volumes here. The song also highlights one of Keegan's core traits: her diction is superb, and yet always congruent with her phasing. There is no hint of over-emphasis, but the written text is for once superfluous. The nightmarish central stanza is chilling to the bone."
"Emotional and deeply personal singing... Keegan not only sang beautifully but with intention...With a rich, dark tone to her voice, the mezzo used nuanced phrasing and dynamics."
OperaWire
Carnegie Hall Song Studio
Zerlina, Don Giovanni, Staatsoper Stuttgart
TheaterKompass
"Shannon Keegan (Mezzo-soprano) makes it vividly and wonderfully clear that the real reconciliation in this opera lies in Zerlina's C major aria "Vedrai carino".
Schmopera
Carnegie hall Song Studio
"Ms. Keegan is a tremendous vocalist, but proved herself to be an actress as well, able to find her way believably and honestly into the deep feelings in the text. At one point, during a piano interlude, she turned her back to the audience and looked down at the keyboard as if it were another character on stage with her."
Seen and Heard International
Carnegie hall Song Studio
"In ‘King David’, Keegan sang of the man’s profound despair heightened by the singing of a nightingale... ‘King David’, however, was one of the freeze-frame moments of the entire week."
OnlineMerker
Staatsoper Stuttgart New Years Concert
"The outstanding American mezzo-soprano, Shannon Keegan,
then styled the "Habanera" with dazzling tones and great vocal expressiveness....The Easter chorus from Pietro Mascagni's "Cavalleria rusticana" had a magnificent effect, where Shannon Keegan once again offered an impressive vocal performance as Santuzza."
Stuttgarter Nachrichten
Staatsoper Stuttgart New Years Concert
"Shannon Keegan, a very versatile mezzo-soprano who performed a brilliant "Habanera" from Bizet's "Carmen" both vocally and dramatically."