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Hendrick’s portrayal of Susannah’s protective, whiskey-swilling elder brother Sam Polk grew like a volatile powder keg ready to blow

WINNIPEG SOPRANO SHINES IN DARK OPERA ‘SUSANNAH’ One might be forgiven a little déjà vu seeing American tenor Michael Robert Hendrick clothed in seemingly the same denim overalls he wore as Lennie during Manitoba Opera’s 2016 production of Carlisle Floyd’s Of Mice and Men. Hendrick’s portrayal of Susannah’s protective, whiskey-swilling elder brother Sam Polk grew like a

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🇺🇸 A short-haired king, a freaky rat, Marilyn Monroe

Mandarin was Orange on Friday at the Bartók Plus Opera Festival, and even three. In the guest house of the Croatian National Theater we saw the tragicomic opera of Prokofiev, The Love of the Three Oranges. The production was clearly the highlight of the festival so far. The Hungarian audience, unfortunately, rarely has the opportunity

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🇭🇷 Rövidgatyás király, patkányfarkú Marilyn Monroe

Mandarin után narancs volt terítéken tegnap a Bartók Pluszon, sőt, mindjárt három is. A Horvát Nemzeti Színház vendégjátékában Prokofjev tragikomikus operáját, A három narancs szerelmesét láthattunk. A produkció egyértelműen a fesztivál eddigi csúcspontja volt. By Hózsa Zsófia Fidelio.hu A magyar közönségnek sajnos ritkán van alkalma látni és hallani ezt művet – nem emlékszem, hogy az

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‘Atonement’, a beautiful way of remembering the history of the Jewish people (El Nuevo Herald)

The tenor Michael Robert Hendrick shone in ‘Masada’, no less moved and delivered, where the heroism of the people besieged in the Rock of Masada, Israel, is narrated, and when they are lost, they decide to commit suicide before they fall as slaves of Roman power. The longest of the whole work, inspired by the Jewish funerary

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🇭🇷 Zaljubljen u tri naranče: NIZ DOSJETKI I DUHOVITIH DETALJA

U ulozi Princa nastupio je američki tenor Michael Robert Hendrick, jedini inozemni gost, koji je oduševio ne samo točnim i u izrazu pogođenim tumačenjem hipohondričnog, razmaženog, a opet pompoznog Princa, nego i odličnim izgovorom hrvatskog jezika, na kojemu se predstava izvodi. by Zrinka Matić Klasika.hr Nalik velikom scherzu, koji u opernoj formi donosi kombinaciju humora i

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🇺🇸 Love for Three Oranges: A SERIES OF PUNS AND WITTY DETAILS

The role of the Prince was performed by the American tenor Michael Robert Hendrick, the only international guest, who thrilled us not only with his correct interpretation and vision of a spoiled hypochondriac and yet pompous Prince, but also with his excellent pronunciation of Croatian language, on which the opera is performed. by Zrinka Matić Klasika.hr

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🇺🇸 Veteran maestro Nikša Baresa directs a stupendous Gurre-Lieder in Zagreb

Michael Robert Hendrick sang the Bacchus-esque role of Waldemar with a strong upper register and admirable dramatic insight…a heartfelt and powerful performance. Lyrical sections such as “Mit Toves Stimme flüstert der Wald” were especially well phrased. The terrifying monologue when Waldemar confronts God as an equal was electrifying. A clarion top B flat on “Hofnarrn tragen”

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🇺🇸 Audiences will remember ‘Songs of Gurre’, a feat by Maestro Bareza (Včernji list)

HISTORICAL EVENT IN LISINSKI The singers who stood out especially with their singing craft and dramatically suggestive interpretation of the text, were the german tenor guest Michael Robert Hendrick and our opera champion, mezzosoprano Dubravka Šeparović Mušović. Complete review will be translated to English. http://www.vecernji.hr/glazba/publika-ce-pamtiti-pjesme-iz-gurrea-podvig-maestra-bareze-1116547 Here is the review in Croatian: – Nikada mi se nije bilo

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🇭🇷 Včernji list: Publika će pamtiti ‘Pjesme iz Gurrea’, podvig maestra Bareze

POVIJESNI DOGAĐAJ U LISINSKOM Pjevačkim umijećem i dramatično sugestivnim tumačenjem teksta osobito su se istaknuli gostujući njemački tenor Michael Robert Hendrick i naša operna prvakinja mezzosopranistica Dubravka Šeparović Mušović. by Branimir Pofuk Včernji list – Nikada mi se nije bilo tako teško rastati od jedne partiture – rekao mi je maestro Nikša Bareza u subotu, nakon druge

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