BEST PERFORMANCE OF A LEADING MALE: The winner is, DANIEL RODRIGUEZ, in Granite State Opera’s, Cav/Pag
There was some tough competition this year, most notably from Steven Mark Brown for his performance as Don Jose, in Granite State’s “Carmen,” and from Gerard Powers for his performance as Pinkerton in Boston Lyric Opera’s, “Madama Butterfly,” but to have seen Mr. Rodriguez in “I Pag” was to witness an opera moment. Of his performance I wrote: “But hers was not the only amazing performance. I read the “hype” on tenor Daniel Rodriguez, “Here was the Singing ‘911’ Cop, and I thought, ‘yeah, yeah, we’ll see.’ After all, how good could he be? Simply, Daniel Rodriguez’ performance was electrifying, pure magic, pure energy, pure emotion and blazing in glory. It has to be his signature role. As Canio (Pagliacci) he stood in a class by himself: a star of easily recognizable magnitude and a force to be reckoned with on the opera stage. There was not a single note he delivered where the audience wasn’t held in his firm control. He inherited the character and by sheer force of delivery blew away any complacency that may have existed. I suspect we’ll be hearing a lot from and about this extraordinary talent in the future.” Enough said!
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