Critical Acclaim...

Moments of delicious frisson, full clear sound, perfect intonation, warmth of tone... and humour building a close rapport with the packed and captivated audience - L'indépendant on duet recital in France

The outstanding soloist was the mezzo soprano Janet Shell. She proved to be a sympathetic and mellifluous Angel in the line of Nancy Evans and Anna Reynolds... a cultured young singer - Liverpool Daily Post on Dream of Gerontius in Liverpool

The most glamorous tones in this production belonged to Christopher Goldsack's Escamillo. His fresh lyric baritone focused beautifully and glistening, especially in the Toreador's Song - truly a pleasure to the ear - The Straits Times on Carmen in Singapore

Janet Shell is an artist of genuine talent. She worked wonders from the beginning to the end of a programme which was as rich as it was varied... a remarkably modulated Nell'orror di notte oscura by Verdi, a magisterially carried off Una voce poco fa from Rossini's Barber of Seville - L'indépendant on recital with Christopher in France

The baritone Christopher Goldsack... has an absolutely delightful spinning tone and sings with a refined technique and an unparalleled musicianship, treating both music and words with equal care - El Païs on recital with Janet in Uruguay

The mezzo Janet Shell possesses wide range and an admirable effortless vocal technique. Her masterly breath control allowed for many nuances of phrasing, smooth controlled and always at ease maintaining great musical refinement - El Païs on recital with Christopher in Uruguay

The English baritone Christopher Goldsack showed himself to be a remarkable interpreter... He is blessed with great flexibility, a studied diction, an uninhibited multilingual pronunciation and stylistic insight - L'Arena di Verona on solo recital in Italy

An inspired and confident performance from Janet Shell... captivated the attentive concert-goers with the wide range of colour, movement and emotion. I am sure the enthusiastic applause had, as its focus, the substitute mezzo-soprano from Heaven - on Sea Pictures in London

Christopher Goldsack has a great musicality. Singing Debussy and Poulenc, Roussel and Milhaud, Ravel and Caplet, he demonstrated rare professionalism and quite exceptional qualities in performance - Opéra International on winning Paris competition

Mezzo soprano Janet Shell's deep and resonant tones in Mahler's song cycle, Songs of a Wayfarer, were truly inspiring. Her sensitive awareness of the dynamic changes showed a rare vocal ability. Her thrilling voice pervaded the whole building - on Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen in Norfolk