Changing faces: Yamadori
In Madama Butterfly my character is a rich Japanese guy, however my features are what might best be described as un-Japanese, which is where Armin the Maskenbilder (make-up guy) does his magic: Not bad...
View ArticleChanging faces: 2nd Philistine
In our production of Samson et Dalia I have the ‘cough & spit’ part of 2nd Philistine, so the challenge was to make me look ‘of middle eastern appearance’ as the news now puts it: This was the...
View ArticleChanging Faces: Don Alvaro
I really get a good makeover in Il Viaggio a Reims, being transformed into a Spanish politician: And here I am as Don Alvaro in costume for the ‘eurovision’ song contest near the end of the opera:
View ArticleLe nozze di Figaro – Erlangen
I didn’t get around to posting on this before, but on Wednesday I made my role debut as Il Conte Almaviva in Mozart’s wonderful opera (quite possibly the best opera of all time) Le nozze di Figaro. I...
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