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ROD GILFRY's acclaimed performances of Mozart's great baritone roles (Don Giovanni, Figaro, Guglielmo, Papageno), all - except for the last- recorded on CD and DVD, would define him as a Mozart specialist, and they did. However, his riveting testosterone-infused portrayal of STANLEY KOWALSKI (the role he created for ANDRE PREVIN's adaptation of Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire) left a lasting image in people's minds, soemwhat obscuring his Mozartean reputation and redefining him as THE "go-to" guy for new operas. Indeed, the years following Streetcar saw him creating roles for a variety of new, at times very difficult, operas - notably: NATHAN LANDAU in NICHOLAS MAW's operatic adaption of WILLIAM STYRON's best-selling novel SOPHIE's CHOICE (which premiered at the Royal Opera House/Covent Garden with mezzo-soprano ANGELIKA KIRCHSCHLAGER as Sophie); PROSPERO in the American premiere of THOMAS ADES' version of SHAKESPEARE's THE TEMPEST at Santa Fe Opera; and EDWARD GAINES, the plantation owner in RICHARD DANIELPOUR's MARGARET GARNER, based on TONI MORRISON's novel BELOVED (with mezzo-soprano DENYCE GRAVES) in the title role. As he candidly reveals in the above video clip, this development while very flattering also has its disadvantage, especially in the context of opportunities for portraying his "wish list" of roles in the more standard repertoire. |
CLICK HERE to hear ROD talk about his family and the path he took to stardom.
In January 2008, GILFRY takes his act a few miles south of LA to Orange County. On January 8 at 8 pm he sings, with Alan Smith at the piano, an eclectic program of songs that will surely regale the audience and bring to fore his exceptional vocal and dramatic abilities. The show takes place at the IRVINE BARCLAY THEATRE under the auspices of the PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY OF ORANGE COUNTY. Then from January 23-February2, he performs the role of Papageno in OPERA PACIFIC's production of Mozart's "The Magic Flute" at the ORANGE COUNTY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER.
Credit: - images courtesy of and with
permission of Rod Gilfry, LA Opera and San Francisco Opera.
At the LA OPERA NEW OPERA BALANCING ACTS FAMILY CALENDAR DISCOGRAPHY
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