“Miss Mayer brought along her spectacularly beautiful voice – dark and menacing and when the script calls for such an effect, shot with unearthly light in the Brahms ‘Von ewiger Liebe.'” – Edward Barry, Chicago Sunday Tribune, 11/1939.
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"A voice of rich and sensuous beauty. Miss Mayer shone especially in songs requiring emotional surge. Add to this excellent musicianship and artistic phrasing."
- Chicago American
"Her dramatic contralto im- parted wonderful resonance and tonal contrast to every note. Here is a grand voice, always gauged to the music, and well controlled in every phase of emotional expres- sion. Certainly Miss Mayer has one of the best contralto voices in the business."
- The Pittsburgh Press, 2/1954