". . . Soprano Arisa Kusumi sang with elegant tone and beautiful phrasing."
"Arisa Kusumi was every bit the perfect Susanna: irresistibly drawing our gaze with her beauty, charming voice, and vivacious spirit."
" Arisa Kusumi is an adorable Susanna…with plangent voice."
" Not forgotten is Arisa Kusumi who, as the Waldvögelein, chirped gracefully from the balcony."
" She sings in " Wiener Blut," "Land des Lächelns," and "Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor," and the operetta world of Chemnitz has fallen to her feet."
"…at his side was the attractive, naturally singing and acting Anna of Arisa Kusumi…"
"Arisa Kusumi, whose voice has clearly grown in volume, and whose vocalization of Christel lacked nothing, touched the soul of the public without any childish, silly affectations or fake feelings."