*Double bill of Zemlinsky’s “Eine Florentinische Tragödie” and Puccini’s “Gianni Schicchi” through May 25, 2012 at The Canadian Opera Company in Toronto.
Here’s a video preview:
COC Radio - Double Bill Montage
The “Toronto Star” says: “…the amazing American bass-baritone, Alan Held, who on his own is worth the price of admission…animal magnetism to burn and the kind of darkly ringing tones that sound like giant redwoods toppling during a forest fire.”
“Now Toronto” says:…”Held proves as nimble a comic actor as he is frightening in the earlier dramatic role, commanding the stage with his booming baritone and sending audiences off happy.”
The “Globe and Mail” says: “Bass-baritone Alan Held’s Simone had an iron fist in his velvet glove, and was a commanding figure both vocally and dramatically…Returning for the second half of the COC’s double bill was Held, as Schicchi - making the transition from enraged cuckold to clever trickster with ease.”
And from “Bloomberg”: “The star of both was the charismatic American bass- baritone Alan Held, singing Simone in “Florentine” and the title role in “Schicchi.” In the former, he’s a Bruce Willis- style cock-of-the-walk; in the latter, a Crocodile Dundee-style rogue. In both, his acting is as virile as his singing.”
*Just added to the calendar*
Alan is to appear as Der Wanderer in “Siegfried” at the Bayerische Staatsoper on July 6, 2012.
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