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“Rounding out the primary cast... contralto Victoria Hart, while not provided a stellar part by the composer, managed to accompany Galli expertly.”
—George Warren, The Fresno Bee
“[The role of] ‘La Principessa’ was sung with frighteningly real menace by Victoria Hart.”
—James Donelan, The Santa Barbara Independent
“Marcellina (Victoria Hart), Figaro's suitor, and her employer, Dr. Bartolo (David Ward) both have powerful voices and impressive stage presence.”
—Peter Perret, Classical Voice of North Carolina
"Marcellina, Dr. Bartolo's housekeeper (and, as we find out later in the opera, Figaro's mother) was robustly portrayed by Victoria Hart."
—Tim Lindeman, Greensboro News & Record
“Finally, there was a good performance from contralto Victoria Hart, who played Katisha, the woman who was supposed to marry Nanki-Poo before he ran away (one can understand why). Hart's Katisha was the foil to Freeman's Ko-Ko, but she never let the part get away from her. As the character who in the end makes Ko-Ko love her in spite of himself, she was genuinely funny.”
—Harold Duckett, Knoxville News-Sentinel
“Victoria Hart’s Marthe was physically and vocally well-executed and wonderfully ebullient...”
—Peter Frisch, Santa Barbara News-Press
“The hilarious performance of the Witch by contralto Victoria Hart was quite the show stealer.”
—Scott Prinzing, The Billings Outpost
“The mood darkened abruptly with the next piece, Mahler’s five ‘Kindertotenlieder’ —always harrowing if sung right, and contralto Victoria Hart certainly sang it right.”
—Gerald Carpenter, Santa Barbara Independent
“...the dire predictions of fortune teller/"sorceress" Ulrica [were] sung boldly by Victoria Hart.”
—Joseph Woodard, Santa Barbara News-Press
“Depth of casting shows at the LBO and one was grateful for all the talent on the stage: [including] Victoria Hart (Mayor’s Wife)....”
—David Gregson, Opera West
“Beauty and the Beast. Cabrillo Music Theatre, Thousand Oaks, California
The portrayals of the other minor characters were no less sparkling...as the armoire, Madame de la Grande Bouche, contralto Victoria Hart may have been the best of all. Hart's divalike performance, despite being swallowed up by her bulky costume, was on par with any in the show.”
—Cary Ginnell, Thousand Oaks Acorn
“The numerous minor characters were well played, but special note goes to Victoria Hart as Mrs. McLean, the wife of a church elder and self-appointed leader of the gossip against Susannah. Hart exuded the qualities of a judgmental, small-town mind every moment she was on stage.”
—Marilyn Farwell, The Register Guard
“In the small but significant role of the maid, Berta, Victoria Hart is another in a string of exceptional singer-actors who give this ‘Barber’ a fine and funny trim.”
—Rita Moran, Ventura County Star
“The middle third of the piece proved exceptional...here Victoria Hart returned, and unleashed an extraordinary flood of sumptuous sound, velvety and deeply expressive at any dynamic level.”
—Greg Hettmansberger, Santa Barbara News-Press
“In the Duruflé’s only solo passage, the ‘Pie Jesu,’ mezzo-soprano Victoria Hart sang a heartbreaking duet with Jacquleine Greenshield’s cello and it felt rather as if the whole massive building had left the Earth.”
—Gerald Carpenter, Santa Barbara Independent
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