"As the young lovers Ralph and Josephine, Cullen Gandy and Shannon Jennings generated warm onstage chemistry. Gandy’s velvety tenor displayed tenderness and strength while Jennings’s lyric soprano glittered up high."

'Virginia Opera puts on clever, detailed ‘H.M.S. Pinafore’ at George Mason' Grace Jean:

The Washington Post December 7th, 2014

 

"The voice of Cullen Gandy, as the strapping but lowly-born “tar”, has a sound that is light enough to be romantic, but rich enough to rise above the orchestra and fill the space."

'H.M.S. Pinafore at Virginia Opera Company' DCmetrotheaterarts.com December 7th, 2014

 

"Cullen Gandy and Shannon Jennings have yearning chemistry to spare as Ralph and Josephine."

'Opera Review: HMS Pinfore' Roy Proctor: Richmond Times-Dispatch November 23rd, 2014

 

"On the lovelorn front: Cullen Gandy, as Ralph (pronounced “Rafe”) Rackstraw, the young sailor smitten with the captain’s daughter, and Shannon Jennings, as the daughter, Josephine, who is just as smitten with Ralph but can’t bring herself to commit to someone so low-born, even though the alternative is marriage to the preposterous Porter, complement each other nicely, both in earnestness of character (garnished with a bit of slyness on Josephine’s part) and purity of vocal tone."

'Review: HMS Pinafore' Eric Dobbes The Letter V The Virginia Classical Music Blog November 21st, 2014

 

"In the parts of Eunice, the upstairs neighbor, and the young paperboy who is nearly seduced by Blanche, Victoria Livengood and Cullen Gandy are flawless."

'Opera: LA Opera’s “A Streetcar Named Desire” at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion' Jane Rosenberg: The International Review of Music May 21st, 2014

 

"The boy who arrives to collect money for the Kowalski’s subscription to the newspaper The Evening Star [was] (memorably played by Atlanta tenor Cullen Gandy)..."

'A Theatrically Brilliant “Streetcar Named Desire”' Operawarhorses.com William May 19th, 2014

 

"Tenor Cullen Gandy invested von Leitner's 'Der Wallensteiner Lanzknecht beim Trunk' with all the power required in a drinking song."

'Schubert, Schiller, and More' Meche Kroop: Voce di Meche December 2nd, 2012

 

"She [Ying Fang] was well-matched with tenor Cullen Gandy, who took the role of Edoardo with bel-canto style."

'Opera Review: the Farce of Destiny' Paul Pelkonen: Superconductor February 8th, 2012

 

"Tenor Cullen Gandy, still a student at Juilliard, made a distinguished Carnegie Hall debut.  His arioso, 'Behold and see' was sung with a lovely tone and eloquent phrasing."

'In the Presence of Masters' Arlene Judith Klotsko: ConcertoNet.com December 22nd, 2011

 

"...the tenor Cullen Gandy [was] a sweet-voiced Edoardo."

'Rossini One-Act Operas, the Early Funny Ones' Zachary Woolfe: New York Times February 5th, 2012

 

"Cullen Gandy's tenor voice was beautifully strong and confident, with an element of sophistication."

'A Movable Feast: from Crescendo to Crescendo' David W. Foerester: Spring 2009

 

"Young tenor, Cullen Gandy, was one of the delights of the evening, soaring over the orchestra..."

'Elysium, an Evening's Delight' James L. Paulk: October 15th, 2007