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The undisputed highlight in the Stadttheater Fürth is certainly the Norwegian Ann Christin Elverum whose professional routine and artistic imagination go hand in hand. Elverum turns the reflective ballad «God help the Outcasts» from Disney's «Hunchback of Notre Dame» into a non-gradable prayer. The duet between Empress Elisabeth and Death becomes a brilliant slugfest where Alexander Herzog surpasses himself, too.
(Nürnberger Nachrichten, May 25th 2009)

New Year's Day concert with the Philharmonic Orchestra Essen 2009

And when a brilliant singer like Norwegian Ann Christin Elverum sings the title song of "Goldfinger" and later the "Titanic" hit "My Heart Will Go On" the audience's hearts could beat a little faster.
(DerWesten, January 2nd 2009)

Ann Christin Elverum convinced with voice and range.
[...] Probably the most emotional moment of the New Year's Day concert 2009 was brought to the audience by Ann Christin Elverum with James Horner's „My Heart Will Go On“ from the movie „Titanic“. She was in no way inferior to the famous version by Celine Dion, convinced with a voluminous voice and touched with a soulful interpretation.
(musicals-unlimited.net, 05.01. 2009)

Stuttgart

All the further parts have also been cast well [...] Ann Christin Elverum as Queen Anna and Peter Stassen as her slightly silly husband are a beautiful couple. Sadly, Ann Christin Elverum isn't allowed to prove all her vocal abilities in the role of Anna. Nevertheless, she showed an excellent voice and interpretation during her few singing parts.
(musicalsinside.de)

Ann Christin Elverum's strongest moment comes along with the emotional outbreak of the queen during "Kein geteiltes Leid". Calm and sad in the beginning, she works herself up into true desperation in the course of the song.
[...] Milady de Winter and Queen Anna are (maybe only because of these two strong performers) the only characters of the show where you can go past the surface and feel something like sympathy.
(musicalzentrale.de)

Ann Christin Elverum (Queen Anna) sings terrificly
(musicals, December 2006 / January 2007)

Ann Christin Elverum manages her only big solo with ease and a hugh voice volume.
(musicals-unlimited.net)

Ann Christin Elverum who already convinced the audience in the same part in Berlin, plays Queen Anna excellently. Both her clear singing voice and her dramatic acting are on the highest level.
(musical-total.de)

Musicalfreunde helfen Olgäle
(Esslinger Zeitung)

Berlin

[Kristin Hölck's] old part as Queen Anna has been taken over by Ann Christin Elverum, also known from the old days of "Les Misérables" and a confident queen next to Hans Piesbergen as Ludwig XIII.
(DaCapo, May 2006)

The strong ladies' epee piece
Lady de Winter (Kristin Hölck) [...] Constance (Sabrina Weckerlin) [...] Anna (Ann Christin Elverum), the queen [...] voice power of the three singers
(Nordkurier)

Ann Christin Elverum makes it big in Europe - now she sparkles in the musical "Det gjærer i Borg" in Sarpsborg

elegant brewery-diva

glitters on stage - she carries the show together with Stephen

Ann Christin Elverum is in a legaue of her own, with a godsent voice and it's pure joy to listen to the duets between her and Stephen Hansen.

it is international quality over Ann Christin Elverum

and then we have the pro's....Ann Christin Elverum is back in Norway after many years abroad. The inhabitants of Sarpsborg should express pride over having such a complete musical actress in their rows.. Together with Stephen, she lifts the performance to where it should be. She sings beautifully, she radiates - and, possibly, radiated the grey skies away on opening night, she acts as well as she can sing, her diction is perfect and her body language fits perfectly to her charachter's experience and difference between her "director-father" and "worker-boyfriend"

(SA and FA, August 13 2005)

Two men, Jonathan Harker und Dracula, who couldn't be more different both adore the beautiful and intelligent Mina. Ann Christin Elverum captivates in this part with crystal-clear singing with goose-flesh factor. Unfortunately, she also has to suffer from the much too weak songs. Only the "Lebenstraum" [life dream] in the first act where she has to realize her difficult emotions and has to decide between her fiancé and the attractive Dracula sticks in one's memory. The song with the most "hit potential" is also sung by Ann Christin Elverum: "Lass mich dich nicht lieben" (Please don't make me love you) describes once more the emotional problems of the young Mina.
(Blickpunkt Musical, May / June 2005)

It's different with the women. They turn into a vamp themselves when being in touch with the vampire. It happens accordingly fast with the easygoing Lucy whose transmutation to an undead is played by Caroline Vasicek impressingly; bei der empfindsameren Mina zieht es sich in im Ringen mit sich selbst. Therefor Ann Christin Elverum has a lot to give, sensitive and desperate tones, virginal tenderness and aggressive eroticism.
(Der Landbote, Apr.25 2005)

The leads Thomas Borchert as Dracula, Ann Christin Elverum as Mina and Jesper Tydén as Jonathan sing supported by the St. Gallen symphony orchestra under the direction of Koen Schoots accordingly emotive.
(Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Apr.25 2005)

After him follows Ann Christin Elverum who can achieve a very high presence as Mina as well. "ACE", how she's sometimes shortened, is pleased in St.Gallen about the fact that she has more time to regenerate between the shows compared to her last part in "Les Misérables" in Berlin as well as about finally having a part where she can be a little wicked.
(DaCapo, May 2005)

... however, his first victim was Lucy, played by Caroline Vasicek. Her voice and acting were simply stunning; to be spoilt for choice between the men as well as succumbing to the charm of Dracula.
The same counts for Ann Christin Elverum who embodies Mina Harper. The second victim! She showed Mina's internal disruption while deciding between Jonathan and Dracula totally convincing. Mina tries to resist Dracula for quite a long time and begs him several times to "release" her and to stop sending her his thoughts, but at the point where van Helsing, Jonathan, Arthur, Quincey and Jack start for finding and killing Dracula she gives up resistance and invites Dracula, whereby she saves him from his haunters. From this moment on she falls more and more for him and is even all set to stay with him forever in the end.
(musical-cast.de)

As the female highlight Ann-Christin Elverum set the part of Mary Magdalene to music.
(DaCapo / December 2004)

Jesus Christ Superstar came back to the Colosseum for one night: Not with the cast known from 2000 but with fantastic singers from the Elisabeth-production. [...] The show was effective without gleam and glitter. It is reduced to the voices and the performance - indicated gesture, gripping facial expression. The goose bumps effect doesn't get less strong. [...] During "Everything´s allright" the tension between Jesus and Mary Magdalene could have been felt: The performers Jesper Tydén, known as "Tod" in Essen's musical "Elisabeth", and Ann Christin Elverum look each other deeply in the eye. Later, the former Elisabeth-actress sings with passion: "I don't know how to love him."
(WAZ / Essen, Nov.25 2004)

Ann-Christin Elverum as "Mary Magdalene" was alone among men and she did not only manage to free "Jesus" from his fears and to cool him down after his nightmare, the audience also relaxed noticably during her ballads. Highlight of the evening was for sure "I don't know how to love him" where you could have heard a pin fallen down. In her warm voice the astonishment next to desperation was really noticeable when Mary Magdalene admitted to herself that Jesus was different from all the other men and that she did not simply wanted and needed him but utterly loved.
(That's musical)

"That's Musical" has also interviewed Ann Christin before the show in Essen.

JCS: Umjubelter Musical-Abend

The suffering Fantine is played wonderfully by Ann-Christin Elverum. She struggles so credibly for her child that it is already painful to watch!
(Yopi)

And everything without an accent in a perfect German! It is pleasant that the Stage Holding attaches great importance to that for which also the Norwegian Ann Christin Elverum as Fantine gives evidence. Her solo "I dreamed a dream" succeeds with a beautiful voice very moving
("musicals", October / November 2003)

However, Kroeger is in company with excellent other leading actors who all demand their right to stage. Ann Christin Elverum plays a very sensitive Fantine, whose sorrows not to do justice to the part (take a look at the Interview in Number 05/2003) are totally groundless. She masters the demanding song "Ich hab geträumt" ("I dreamed a dream") marvellously and touches the audience deeply.
("blickpunkt musical", November / December 2003)

Valerie Link also completes her part of Cosette without problems but in charisma she falls a bit behind Ann Christin Elverum who can even elicit some tears from the audience.
("Da Capo", October 2003)

Ann Christin Elverum has won warmth and softness and makes a tragical character of Fantine that awakes the pity of the audience. [...] I myself think A.C. Elverum is more than convincing. [...] However, her performance at the premiere was perfect. She plays Fantine's decay impressive. The more her misery grows the more you can also recognise Fantine's state of health in her voice and she plays Fantine's death with tears in her eyes.
(lesmis.de)

The female parts are casted perfectly: Ann Christin Elverum as Fantine shows herself very expressive; her "Ich hab' geträumt" ["I dreamed a dream"] gets under the skin.
(Musicals unlimited)

The leading ladies Ann Christin Elverum (Fantine), Vera Bolten (Eponine) and Valerie Link (Cosette) were all very good. Especially Ann Christin Elverum improves the long (one and a half hour!) first act a lot.

All in front Oleh Vynnyk and Ann-Christin Elverum but also all other actors cause a deep feeling which keeps for a long time.

Also Vera Bolten and Ann Christin Elverum are more than worth seeing and listening!
(Musicalzentrale)

The three female parts of the musicals got also roaring applause: Valerie Link as Cosette, Vera Bolten as Eponine and the Norwegian Ann Christin Elverum in the part of the worker Fantine convinced with voice and acting.
(Konzerte in Berlin)

Not bad! They are playing "Les Mis" in Berlin (BILD)

Ann Christin has filled in a questionaire for the German Les Mis-Fanclub.

Ann Christin was interviewed by "Musicals unlimited" during the press rehearsals.

You can find another Les Mis-interview at www.musical-interviews.de.vu.

She has also answered a few questions for "musik-theater".

The Berliner Zeitung has interviewed Ann Christin shortly.

     

Ann Christin Elverum, the topical Fantine in LES MISÉRABLES in Berlin, was brilliant in the part of Marguerite St. Just because of her convincing voice and acting.
(Musik Theater)

The Norwegian Ann Christin Elverum (Marguerite) unites beauty, daring and love. [...] The music and the actors left no wishes of the guests and the local opera staff open. It is worth taking the way to Halle!
("Leipziger Volkszeitung", Febr.20 2003)

Revolution spectacle with beautiful songs, wonderful orchestra leading and outstanding solists (Merstein, Elverum, Murray).
(Musicals unlimited)

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And always when one of the actors had to be on stage as a cover one noticed how much potential can be found there. The fantastic performances of Ann Christin Elverum as Elisabeth, Johan Samuelsson as Death and Nico Gaik as Rudolf should be mentioned here - vice for all ensemble members.
("musicals", August/September 2003)

Last Friday (14th April 2003) the covers played: Ann Christin Elverum as Elisabeth, Martin Pasching as Tod, as Lucheni the topical first cast Alex Melcher could have been seen.
The cast harmonized astonishingly very well. You missed here whether Maike Boerdam nor Uwe Kroeger. The charismatic acting captivated the audience very quickly. The whole cast can be attested a wonderful performance.
(That's musical)

This part requires a big range of acting and was decisively shaped by the great Pia Douwes - for many people in any case the only true stage empress! However, her successor in Essen, Maike Boerdam, as well as the covers Annika Bruhns and Ann Christin Elverum do not have to hide behind her. They could detach from the great but surely also overwhelming model and gave their own witty, moving interpretations of the most admired and deeply suffering woman of the 18th century for months.
(Musicals online)

New people for the Empress today
(Ann Christin is sitting in the front row, 4th from left)

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