“It was Gilfry’s all-out rendition of Sondheim’s “Being Alive” (from Company) that brought down the house.”
- Jim Farber, San Francisco Classical Voice
Read More“Rod Gilfry emphasized the photographer’s contradictory desires in his unflaggingly robust baritone.”
- Zoë Madonna, Boston Globe
Read More“A mesmerizingly virtuosic performance by Rod Gilfry destined for the annals of opera. ”
- Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times
“…it is the unrelenting presence and vocal clarity of Gilfry’s performance that makes the loser such a remarkable operatic experience.”
- Jim Farber, San Francisco Classical Voice
“Rod Gilfry was the storyteller and his resonant voice flowed voluminously across to the balcony of the Theatre at Ace Hotel in waves of bronze-tinged tone.”
- Maria Nockin, Broadway World
Read More“Gilfry’s lyric baritone sounded crisp and effortless in the narrator’s ironic patter, warming up to a ravishing mezza-voce in the opera’s single scene of open emotion.”
- James Jordan, The Observer
“Rod Gilfry in a tour-de-force performance… Mr. Gilfry sings every phrase with crisp diction and dramatic point, delivering phrases with virile energy, sudden bluster, or, during vulnerable moments, an aching confusion that takes you by surprise. He is becoming the singer of choice for new American operas…”
- Anthony Tommasini, The New York Times
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