Blake Friedman / Umsagnir

Blake Friedman’s full tenor, slightly dark but with a buttery top, makes him a perfectly slick Irving—he crooned nicely in “O Morning Star,” the love song he writes to woo Fanny

Plausibly romantic and funny as Don Alonso, if less so as the drunken soldier, Blake Friedman's Almaviva tended to blare at full tilt, but he relished opportunities for dimminuendos and softer dynamic effects. "Se il mid nome" proved a highlight, and he decorated his lines creatively throughout.