NEWS FLASH
For the second straight year, Alan has been nominated for a Dora Mavor Award by the Toronto Alliance for the Arts. This year, he’s been nominated in two categories: Outstanding Performance, Male, in the Opera Division and Outstanding Performance, Ensemble, in the Opera Division
NEXT PERFORMANCES
“War Requiem”
Grant Park Music Festival (Chicago)
June 28-29
Wagner Arias and Scenes with Soprano, Christine Brewer
Cleveland Orchestra
Blossom Festival
July 13
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Recent Critical Acclaim
Cincinnati May Festival
“Die Walküre” Act 3 final scene in concert and “Die Meistersinger” Final Scene
“…Held’s majestic voice was a match for the trombones. He enthralled as he confronted his daughter with her transgressions, angrily spitting out the text. His emotion was palpable as he bid farewell to her, rushing to her side and delivering an embrace that brought her (soprano, Christine Goerke) and some in the audience to tears. Raising his arm dramatically, he boomed to Loge, the god of fire, to encircle her in a ring of fire. Held returned to sing Hans Sachs in the finale of “Die Meistersinger”, a gripping performance that gave weight to each word.---“Cincinnati Post”
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Canadian Opera Company: “Salome”
“As Jochanaan, baritone Alan Held, performs with commanding presence, booming, bassy and full of scorn. Exceptional.”---“Opera Going Toronto”
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Canadian Opera Company: “Tristan und Isolde”
“...Powerful and menacing as Tristan’s comrade, Kurwenal, with an immense stage presence.”...“Globe and Mail”
“…A towering stage presence. His bass-baritone voice resonates magnificently and seemingly with little effort. He also has the natural charisma that projects beautifully on a stage.”
“No Rules-No Lights”
“…Dominated the stage with his stalwart baritone.”...“Backtrack”
“…A commanding performer.”...“NOW Magazine”
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Lyric Opera of Chicago: “Elektra”
“Alan Held has sung Orest all over the world, and the burly beauty of his high-testosterone bass-baritone demonstrated why from his initial phrases. His conspiratorial chemistry with Goerke was palpable, as was a disturbing suggestion of latent sexuality between the two.”...“Opera News”
“Baritone, Alan Held, makes an unusually haunted figure as Orest.”
“Associated Press”
“Dignified”...“Wall Street Journal”
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San Francisco Symphony Orchestra: “Bluebeard’s Castle”
“Bass-baritone Alan Held was a stentorian Bluebeard, singing with demonic power and precision.”...“San Francisco Chronicle”
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Canadian Opera Company (“Florentine Tragedy”/“Gianni Schicchi”)
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.”...“Toronto Star”
”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.”
“Now Toronto”
“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.”...“Globe and Mail”
“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.”...“Bloomberg”
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