07-09-2020 Music web International
"I was generally won over by the music making. It is superbly sung throughout by Olivia Vermeulen... It is an intimate, playful programme, beautifully performed"
24-07-2020 Fanfare
"The true premise of this recital may be to display Vermeulen’s versatility; she is a rare specialist in both the 18th and 21st centuries, and she sings everything in between with understanding and character. Oh, did I mention that her voice is beautiful?"
05-06-2020 De nieuwe Muze
"A more than convincing 'debut CD' that cheerfully focuses on the 'dirty minds' of composers and is also beautifully recorded."
10-04-2020 Luister
"A more than convincing 'debut CD' that cheerfully focuses on the 'dirty minds' of composers and is also beautifully recorded."
25-03-2020 Opera Nederland
"Listen to her beautiful legato here. Jan Philip Schulze always manages to find the right atmosphere in all genres."
19-03-2020 NRC
"Still, there is much more to say about Vermeulen's wonderful album Dirty minds, who has a flourishing opera career, especially in Germany, and pianist Jan Philip Schulze. Straightforward is fun, but Vermeulen and Schulze are just as interested in the power of the suggestion - a dirty mind is a joy forever."
06-03-2020 Mania
"The transition from one song to another is sometimes a bit of a switch, but it makes it a special bouquet."
21-02-2020 Trouw
"Vermeulen sings about thirty songs and her kameolontic voice colors superbly with every changing atmosphere. Beautiful singing is not necessarily the goal, text interpretation and character all the more."
17-01-2020 Luister
"Dirty Minds contains songs in which great composers present themselves from their most 'sensual' side."