"Conductor/composer Nicholas White, the Boston Cecilia, the Lydian String Quartet, Barbara Bruns (organ), and Brenna Wells (soprano), offered challenging music with great interest and excitement....For Henry Purcell’s 1688 “O Sing unto the Lord,” the Lydians took to the stage along with soprano soloist Brenna Wells. We heard a well-realized performance with...sensitive and nuanced collaboration from the Lydian String Quartet, as well as soaring sounds from Wells.
...t he last offering of the night:  Charles Villiers Stanford, The Bluebird, op. 119, No. 3 (1910). Wells sang the soprano solo line, the bird flitting above the chorus. The affect of this performance was of a caress. The applause was sustained."
- Boston Musical Intelligencer (Boston Cecilila, From Earth to Heaven program)

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"[Martin Pearlman] drew remarkable solos from Owen McIntosh... as well as Kamala Soparkar, Brenna Wells, Ulysses Thomas, and particularly the reliable Teresa Wakim..."
"Luckily most of those solos were nevertheless exquisitely performed, again by Wells, McIntosh, and Thomas, who were joined by Bradford Gleim and Jonas Budris, among others."
- The Hub Review (Boston Baroque, Carissimi's Jephte and Charpentier's Missa, Assumpta est Maria)

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"Brenna Wells’s bright soprano sounded just right in the familiar “I attempt from love’s sickness to fly in vain."
- Boston Musical Intelligencer (Handel and Haydn Society, Purcell's Indian Queen)

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"Thursday’s performance provided some of the H&H singers with the chance to shine as soloists, and shine they did. Soprano Brenna Wells struck an angelic presence in both sight and sound in her recitative Fürchtet euch nicht, where the Angel announces Christ’s birth to the shepherds."
- Boston Classical Review (Handel and Haydn Society, Bach's Christmas Oratorio)

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"Brenna Wells’s bright soprano announcement to the shepherds was unmistakably angelic"
- Boston Musical Intelligencer (Handel and Haydn Society, Bach's Christmas Oratorio)

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"The chorale was likewise in fine form in the choruses (as always) - but this time around was tapped for the solo roles as well. And some of these performances proved variable....Others, of course, have been front and center before, and it shows - there was lovely and dramatic singing, for instance, on hand from soprano Brenna Wells and alto Mary Gerbi, and the reliable Bradford Gleim's bass proved as rich and resonant as ever."
- The Hub Review (Handel and Haydn Society, Bach's Christmas Oratorio)

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Brenna Wells, soprano, and Katherine Growdon, mezzo-soprano, sang the first duo, Se tu non lasci amore, which is composed somewhere between the styles of opera and oratorio. The singers responded appropriately and brought out this tension in the music....Wells and (Teresa) Wakim joined forces for the duo Quel fior che all’ alba ride, a meditation on the inevitable passage of time, rounding out this set of music on a satisfying and rosy note.

"The program concluded with a return to Handel — his duo Nò, di voi non vo’ fidarmi for sopranos Teresa Wakim and Brenna Wells, with Sarah Freiberg on Baroque cello and Pearlman on harpsichord. Wakim and Wells gave a spirited reading, at times matching vocal timbres and at others highlighting the differences between the two vocal lines. The result was a moving performance by talented musicians — a fitting conclusion and apt summary of the concert as a whole."
- The Boston Musical Intelligencer (Boston Baroque's New Directions Chamber Series, Baroque and Modern Program)

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"Boston Baroque’s rendering of Handel vocal duets were charming in their own right. (Katherine) Growdon joined soprano Brenna Wells in Se tu non lasci amore, where the voices melded with the continuo, played by Freiberg (cello) and Peter Sykes (harpsichord)....Wells and Wakim teamed up for a spirited rendering of Quel fior che all’ alba ride, a piece that Handel reworked into His Yoke is Easy and He Shall Purify in Messiah."
- Boston Classical Review (Boston Baroque's New Directions Chamber Series, Baroque and Modern Program)

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"The singing of sopranos Teresa Wakim and Brenna Wells was such a pleasure to listen to. Both as soloists and duelists, the purity and tone of their voices capture the delight and emotion (and there was a lot of emotion in the Baroque world) of the pieces chosen for this concert. Gossipy, heartbroken, light-hearted and hopeful, how do you sing all those emotions in six songs? By being damnably good, that’s how. The audience didn’t want to applaud, because it took us all out of the moment, and none of us wanted that."
- The Rainy Day Magazine (L'Académie’s program Rumor Has It)

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"All of the vocal soloists were seemingly short on years yet long on experience, a dynamic combination. Their performances were clean and polished, demonstrating admirably clear diction of the German text. Also memorable was the Duet Aria in Part III, featuring soprano (and very angelic-appearing Angel) Brenna Wells and baritone David McFerrin. The gossamer, sweet tones of Wells were complemented by McFerrin’s resonant voice. The result was an engaging performance in which both artists shone."
- The Boston Musical Intelligencer (Harvard Radcliffe Chorus's performance of Bach's Christmas Oratorio Parts 1-3)

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"The singers offered strong performances as soloists, as well as stellar ensemble performances... In the second half of the work, the duets between Rosélie and Amaranthe (Brenna Wells and Carrie Henneman Shaw, respectively), following Flore’s declaration that all would share the prize, served as perhaps the most charming vocal ensembles on the program."
- The Boston Muscial Intelligencer (BEMF Production of Charpentier's La Descente d’Orphée aux Enfers and La Couronne de Fleurs)

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"Of course the ensemble of talented musicians and vocalists BEMF has by now attracted had a lot to do with the success of the production, too...with subtle solo turns from Jason McStoots, Michael Kelly and Brenna Wells".
- The Hub Review (BEMF Production of Charpentier's La Descente d’Orphée aux Enfers and La Couronne de Fleurs)

- The Hub Review (BEMF Production of Charpentier's La Descente d’Orphée aux Enfers and La Couronne de Fleurs)

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"Soprano Brenna Wells made a convincing diva as Music, with Teresa Wakim’s boisterous interjections and sly timing earning laughs as the chatty Conversation. Both sopranos blended seamlessly in duet and demonstrated clear diction throughout..."
- The Boston Musical Intelligencer (L'Académie's production of Charpentier's Les Plaisirs de Versailles)

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"The concert opened with Sigismondo d’India’s Lamento d’Olimipia, sung by Brenna Wells, who was accompanied by Liddell and Walhout. Wells was expressive and engaging; she exhibited a strong understanding of the Baroque lament style, including declamation, decorum, and pacing.....Wells performed two more solo selections, each displaying the same skill and captivating “readings” of the text. For d’India’s setting of an anonymous text on the subject of love’s arrows, Wells and Canavin displayed impressive dexterity while creating a very pleasing ensemble......Countertenor Martin Near was later joined by Wells in the concert’s closing number...The duo performed the work in a highly engaging fashion, offering a pleasing close to the evening’s “impromptu” program."
- The Boston Musical Intelligencer (Exsultemus' Recital Program in place of Vecchi's Night Games of Siena)

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"Christophers chose to assign these solos to members of the chorale (as is often done), which showcased some individual singers well.....and a sparkling duet for H&H mainstays Brenna Wells and Teresa Wakim"
- The Hub Review (H&H's production of Handel's Israel in Egypt)

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"Certain soloists and duets stood out in this section, including an impressive display of vocal technique and elegance between sopranos Teresa Wakim and Brenna Wells in the duet, “The Lord is my strength"".
- The Boston Musical Intelligencer (H&H's production of Handel's Israel in Egypt)

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"the consort witches were a wonderful noisy duo and the staging was effectively autumnal, charged and sometimes humorous. "
- Stylus Fine Arts Review (BEMF Production of Dido and Aeneas, Brenna Wells as First Witch)

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"The two sopranos, Teresa Wakim and Brenna Wells, provided a beautiful duet in 'The Lord is my strength and my song'; their voices wonderfully matched and blending exceptionally well."
- The Boston Musical Intelligencer (Back Bay Chorale's Israel in Egypt)

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"Soprano Brenna Wells, mezzo-soprano Emily Marvosh, low tenor Michael Barrett, and high baritone Sumner Thompson all sang individually with clear voices, excellent diction, and dramatic expression."
- The Boston Musical Intelligencer (L'Académie: (S)He's just not that into you: Love Songs)

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"Bostonist was also rather charmed by Brenna Wells, who sang three times, and each piece was like a very small, tart pastry, gone in a couple bites. We've never been big on Prudence, but Wells' delivery of "As is it plenty" (W.H. Auden set to music by Benjamin Britten) nearly made us reconsider."
- The Bostonist (Opera Boston, Opera Underground, "Seven Virtues" show)

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"The opening "Sing Ye to the Lord," from Israel in Egypt, featured ethereal top notes from soloist Brenna Wells"
- The Hub Review (Boston Secession, Handel in the Strand)

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"The program also included star turns by Ms. Hargis, Marek Rzepka, Ms. Snaidas and Brenna Wells, the soloists in a Mattheson wedding serenade, 'Die Keushe Liebe.'"
- The New York Times (BEMF Orchestra Concert)

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"…high soprano Brenna Wells sang with admirable brightness”
- The Boston Globe (BEMF Orchestra Concert)

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"My ear was constantly beguiled: Brenna J. Wells, a delicate blonde sparrow, and Lawrence Jones, a willowy tenor became flowing silver (she) and gold (he) separately and together. Their physical slightness is deceiving: Ms. Wells performed her trills with unforced ease and demonstrated a few high notes in Dolby-like volume...it is to their credit that they sounded as fresh at the end of the evening as they did in the beginning."
- The Theatre Mirror (Vox Consort's Production of Handel's Acis and Galatea)

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"The (Acis and Galatea) cast was excellent...soprano Brenna Wells (Galatea) sang neatly and affectingly"
-The Boston Globe (Vox Consort's Production of Handel's Acis and Galatea)

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"The supporting cast was youthful, lively, engaging, and uncommonly persuasive: soprano Brenna Wells, mezzo Dianna Daly Betit, and, especially fine, tenor Charles Blandy and baritones Dana Whiteside and Philip Candilis…"
- The Boston Globe (Chorus Pro Musica's production of Verdi's La Traviata)