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...The veteran baritone Rod Gilfry is wonderful in the role, singing beautifully, whether angry or seeking peace....
...Bass-baritone Rod Gilfry’s Claudius is pompous but not stupid, aware and in control until the final moments....
...Assured newcomers included Alice Coote, Rod Gilfry, David Portillo, Christian Van Horn and an underpowered Joseph Kaiser, Will this Exterminating Angel survive as a repertory staple? Who knows?...
...Necessarily dominated by the central character of Walt Whitman, here portrayed less as The Poet and more as Everyman, and finely sung with suitable gravitas by baritone Rod Gilfry, this is nonetheless a...
...In the other major roles Sarah Connolly, Rod Gilfry, David Butt Philip and Jacques Imbrailo add up to a strong cast....
...Susan Bickley, Rod Gilfry and Alan Oke complete a highly-skilled cast, conducted by Antonio Pappano....
...Rod Gilfry vacillates between awkwardness and suavity as Anna’s lawyer-turned lover....
...A top-drawer cast includes Rod Gilfry’s degenerate, frantic Don Giovanni, Paul Groves in fine voice as Don Ottavio, Kristine Opolais as a suitably overwrought Donna Elvira, and Maria Bengtsson giving her...
...The US premiere in Santa Fe two years later represented a triumph for the composer, not to mention Alan Gilbert on the podium and Rod Gilfry as Prospero. The Met caught up on Tuesday....
...The well-matched ensemble of singing actors was dominated by Rod Gilfry, who exerted magnetic panache as Don Alfonso even in repose....
...In the title role, tailored to his voice, Rod Gilfry gives a compelling portrait of a broken man, despotic yet brilliant....
...Rod Gilfry boomed sonorously, but soporifically, through South Pacific....
...Rod Gilfry made a dignified Saint François, at least until his voice tired....
...Its two main problems are the presence of Ingo Metzmacher on the podium and Rod Gilfry in the title role....
...Prospero’s melodies are perhaps not the opera’s most ingratiating, but Rod Gilfry sings them firmly and fervently....
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