Pitti-Sing – The Mikado – Kentucky Opera (2017)
“Clara Nieman’s Pitti-Sing was bold and fun to watch.”
​Annette Skaggs, Arts-Louisville.com, 2/11/2017
 
Madama Butterfly - Kentucky Opera (2016)
“Let’s begin with Suzuki, admirably played by Clara Nieman… [she] was a great mixture of servant, mother figure, and friend, with a mature mezzo timbre.”
Annette Skaggs, Arts-Louisville.com, 10/3/16
 
Le nozze di Figaro - Opera Saratoga (2016)
“Clara Nieman’s hyperstylized Marcellina showed a striking mezzo.”
David Shengold, Opera News, October 2016
 
The Four Note Opera -Opera Naples (2016)
“Clara Nieman (‘I play the contralto but of course I’m really a mezzo!’) is the equal of all in tone, expression, and comic timing.”
Harriet Howard Heithaus, Naples Daily News, 2/13/16
  
Flora – La Traviata – Fort Worth Opera (2015)
“Clara Nieman is a delightfully ditzy Flora, always testing her long-suffering Marquis…”
Gregory Sullivan Isaacs, Theater Jones, 4/29/15
 
Mother – excerpts from Dog Days – Fort Worth Opera (2015)
“As Lisa’s mother, Nieman brilliantly captured the torment of a woman whose starved and emaciated body could barely move… Driven by Nieman’s anguish-filled voice, the music built to a powerful climax – “walk me into bed” – before collapsing."
Edward Brown, Fort Worth Weekly, 2/4/15