Reviews

  • "As Pangloss, baritone Adrian Rosales narrates the story, exchanging his Voltaire wig for a black cap to become the teacher. It’s a lot to do, and Rosales keeps up with it. "

    — Harvey Steiman The Aspen Times

    ( Candide - Aspen Music Festival )

  • "As Tarquinius, baritone Adrian Rosales struck an appropriately arrogant and threatening presence. His vibrant voice and keen acting made palpable the most sinister scenes in the opera. He chased the frightened Lucretia all around the stage, pinning her to the wall, his hands groping her body as well as his own. The rape scene that followed was simply terrifying."

    — Aaron Keebaugh Boston Classical Review

    ( The Rape of Lucretia - Opera Brittenica )

  • "Baritone Adrian Rosales’s stout Tarquinius. Rosalies’s comedic physicality, including his wing-flapping cuckold and his ride to Rome (itself a dark premonition of the rape that he will commit when he gets there), elicited audible laughter from the audience."

    — Joseph E. Morgan The Boston Musical Intelligencer

    ( The Rape of Lucretia - Opera Brittenica )