Recenzii de producție anterioare
4Peter Scott Drackley as MacDuff brings the performance to an awestruck standstill with his exquisitely sung Act IV aria. He cuts a fine figure throughout the performance, with an intense stage presence
As Macduff, tenor Peter Scott Drackley won massive ovations after his heart-rendering performance of the famed “O figli, o figli miei… A la paterna mano,” his pianissimo singing full of an intimate pathos so necessary to render the pain and suffering otherwise lacking in this opera. He retained a reserved and gentle legato line throughout the opening of the aria, letting his voice build to the orchestral and vocal explosion that takes place halfway through. This allowed the audience to take the emotional journey with him from pain to anguish to eventually blood lust... for the murder of his family
NEW YORK – Ancient Greece’s tragedies inspired the later European inventors of Opera and on March 26 the descendants Sophocles witnessed “Olympic Flame,” the first Greek opera ever seen at Lincoln Center at the Bruno Walter Auditorium near the renowned Metropolitan Opera House. Tenor Demetrios John Tsinopoulos declared the strength – sometimes expressed with nobility, other times with arrogance – of Heracles. The opera opens with his inauguration of the Olympic Games and he explains the importance of the Olympic flame, which reflect “a gift from Prometheus and a symbol for the games to honor the gods,” according to the program. His son Hyllos was presented by Kofi Hayford, whose stentorian bass voice served him well as Prometheus later in the opera.
