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<<To download a Biography in PDF click here>> ARTICLES --“A rare singer rises from Cherry Hill”, --“Sound Bites: Lawrence Zazzo,” --”US countertenor is a wow in Europe,” --“Larry King,” Forum Opera; March 2002 --Interview in the Muenchner Merkur, April 2005 REVIEWS-“Maybe the best countertenor now on the stage” René Jacobs, interview in Gramophone, May 2003 -“Lawrence Zazzo sings the Refugee[in Glyndebourne’s Flight]…with amazing technique: this is a ballsy, direct voice that brings strange emotions to his yearning music” The Times of London, August 2005. -“The semi-popular notion of countertenors is that they are somewhat floaty and thin-toned, more curious than vocally substantial. Zazzo put the lie to that conception in about three seconds. There was nothing reticent about how he projected sound throughout the sanctuary, nothing vague about the precision of his attacks and intonation, his exceptional dynamic control or the detail of his colouratura…All told, this was a performance to hold up, lusciously.” Louisville Courier-Journal, May 2006. -“Lawrence Zazzo’s Ottone[in Poppea] was that rare thing, a free, easy, open, silky counter-tenor with a truly beautiful sound and a nicely understated performance as the moral centre of this equivocal piece.” The Times of London, Oct 2004. -“Sur lui, René Jacobs est intarissable:<<Sur scéne, il est le meilleur du monde dans ce répertoire.>>” Le Figaroscope, Oct 2004 -“Zazzo[‘s] bright, eloquent, virile and properly operatic counter-tenor now seems set to eclipse the rest of his generation” The Independent of London -“Lawrence Zazzo... shows himself a countertenor of gorgeous tone, superb control throughout the range, excellent musicianship and handsome bearing” New York Times -“the American counter-tenor Lawrence Zazzo sang Arsamene[in Serse] with panache, nobility, and terrific power” The Times of London, Dec 2004 -“A la fin du second acte, la beauté du timbre, l’articulation idéale, le raffinement du contre-ténor Lawrence Zazzo, touchent au coeur” La Liberation -“...There is already a touch of James Bowman’s beguiling artistry in Zazzo’s rich but never forced delivery...and signs of a keen dramatic sense in his interpretation...” The Independent of London -“...a pure and matchlessly well-modulated voice” Svenska Dagbladet -“the wonderful countertenor, Lawrence Zazzo...is spellbinding in the final song” New York Times -“le contre-ténor Lawence Zazzo témoigne d’un bouleversant lyrisme” Le Figaro |
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