Short-shrifting the singers: an on-going list of offenses
In each case, the quote was the sole comment the critic made about these singers in the review.
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Stephen Pettitt, on Ariadne auf Naxos at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (Andante)...
"Sophie Koch did a fine job as the Composer, ranting or falling in love with equal immaturity. Thomas Allen fussed around effectively as the wizened Music Teacher, well aware that compromise is always necessary."
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Erica Jeal, on Parsifal at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (Opera)...
"Thomas Hampson was a thoughtful Amfortas."
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Tim Ashley, on The Barber of Seville at the English National Opera (The Guardian)...
"Victoria Simmonds is a voluptuously feisty Rosina, opposite Colin Lee's manipulatively charming Almaviva."
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Erica Jeal, on La Cenerentola, Royal Opera House Covent Garden (The Guardian)
"Alessandro Corbelli is the bumbling valet Dandini, while the Prince is sung by the starry young tenor Juan Diego Florez, who bounds up to his clarion high notes like an eager puppy."
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