REVIEWS
It is a strong but daring idea to give Die Tote Stadt without intermission, 2 hours 20 of often furious continuity: it is only necessary that Paul, tenor protagonist, constantly to a crucifying tessitura,...
C’est une forte mais audacieuse idée de donner Die Tote Stadt (La Ville morte) sans entracte, 2 heures 20 d’une continuité souvent paroxystique : il faut seulement que Paul, protagoniste...
The two main roles deserve the highest praise. Michael Hendrick embodies a fragile and poignant Paul… the valor and timbre are those of a Heldentenor.
NancyNational Opera of Lorraine05/09/2010...
Michael Hendrick incarne un Paul fragile et poignant… la vaillance et le timbre sont bien ceux d?un Heldentenor.
NancyOpéra national de Lorraine05/09/2010 – et 12, 14*, 16, 18...
The American tenor Michael Hendrick, an experienced Bacchus, took over. As it turned out, Mr. Hendrick was grappling with a cold as well. He went on, but he requested the audience’s understanding,...
Hendrick rendered Lennie with indisputable authority. He could caress a phrase suggesting complete innocence, and then in an instant create a sensation of utter, frightening menace…. Contemporary...
Singing and dramatic intensity were at fever pitch. At the intermission, it was announced that Michael Hendrick (Lennie Small) was indisposed, a condition that he had gamely concealed during Act I. Nonetheless, Hendrick sang...
Michael Hendrick … credible in the role of Aeneas, thanks to the spirit of the editing, argued, despite being ill, the demands of the score.
What a fool, this Aeneas! Unable to take his own destiny...
