As regards the tenor Michael Hendrick…given the difficulty of the role (Aroldo) one can say that he handled his role well and contributed to the general equilibrium of representation.

A nately gathered more positive than negative forces in Bilbao for the premiere of ‘Aroldo’ by Verdi. He had to find a staging that had a certain quality of a title hardly represented and then had to achieve a balanced distribution among those singers who have this title in repertoire. It was found that of Ravenna (videotaped in Piacenza), produced by signing Pizzi classic and elegant atmosphere that has dispelled doubts existing prior. But above all, we have to feel satisfied because we have the cast attended the soprano Adriana Damato, the only survivor of that production reaches Bilbao.

The fact that this soprano is able to appear and sing in the Euskalduna, has been a strong support for the role of Mina, which requires the expressive force and vocal strength that has shown this artist. Damato, lived his drama, offering with absolute correctness the difficult aria from the tomb, ‘Ah! scanni degli eterei ‘(Ah from the ethereal stalls’) and subsequent cabaletta, voice full of jumps from one end to another of the score. On the other hand, the high tessitura that is required for the role served baritone Vladimir Stoyanov to hire, an artist who has sung unnoticed among us, but now, in his role as father (Egbert) could look It eases in the high register, thanks to a tenor voice. We would not be fair if we pointed out that much work completed and sang at all times gladly.

As regards the tenor Michael Hendrick, it is true that gave all the notes, but his voice was disappointing. Among other things, he lacked power to transmit to us his play hard and the lack of volume and color is one spinto tenor found it hard to make us believe their pain and rage. However, given the difficulty of the paper, one can say that covered their duties well and contributed to the balance of representation in general.

So did the low Shvets in his role as priest rather than the tenor Maurizio Pace, who played a not too appropriate role for his light tenor voice features. Finally, let us once again congratulate both the Opera Choir of Bilbao for their short but precise units such as the Euskadi Symphony, with a special mention to the solo trumpet in his participation in the opening clean.

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by NINO Dentici

El Correo