Franco Tenelli-O dolci mani-Tosca-tenor's profile
Reviews:
"Tenor Franco Tenelli is a poised artis... (more)
Added: March 06, 2008
Reviews:
"Tenor Franco Tenelli is a poised artist.
His expressive range is exciting and daring.
With his huge, ringing sonority, Tenelli is a singer who take enormous risks, singing at the very edges of his emotive and dynamic ranges."
Colleen Johnston "Record" Kitchner
"Franco Tenelli gave his Mario Cavaradossi a voice of steely brilliance."
by Frieder Mossler, "Suddeutsche Zeitung"
"...dazzling technical and dramatic assurance."
Opera Canada
"Franco Tenelli, who performed the role of Canio, came close to matching the great Spaniard in all-important matter of intelligent interpretation."
Ed Krawchyk, "London Free Press"
"Remarkable French diction...
Opera Canada
"This tenor has a "Bolshoi" (Grand) ring and there was heart in his singing. He stuck a chord with the audience."
Arthur Kaptainis, "Montreal Gazzette"
"Il a une voix heroique...Il partait avec l'affection du public. Il chante avec une generocite, come s'il chantait pour la derniere fois."
Craig Rutenberg, CBC
"Franco Tenelli sang with confidence and resolve, with great projection and a majestic high register.
David Abrams, "Herald-Journal" USA
"He was the evening vocal star..."
Peter Spencer, "Star-Ledger Newark"
"Franco Tenelli offered up a powerful tenor voice..."
Bill F.Faucett "Balm Beach Post"
"Tenelli has a strong voice that cut through the hall's swampy accoustics
Doug Wyatt, "Savannah Morning News"
"...pleasingly virile timber..."
C.J.Gianakaris, "Gazette" Kalamazzoo
contact me at
francotenelli@yahoo.com
Companies and venues:
Air Canada Place(Toronto, All Star Gala for John Paul II available on CD and DVD) New York City Opera, Busseto Opera Festival(Italy), Place des Arts(Montreal, Canada), New Jersey State Opera,
Turkish State Opera and Ballet House, Tbilisi State Opera(Georgia), Baku State Opera(Republic of Azerbaijan), Quebec Grand Opera(Canada), McGill Opera(Montreal), Center Pierre Piladeault(Montreal), Sylvan Grand Opera(Philadelphia) , Atlanta State Opera, New Orleans's Opera House, Opera Ontario, Munich Summer Festival(Germany),Opera Bergen(Norway), Opera Carolina(USA), Bob Jones Opera(S. Carolina), Pollack Center(Montreal), Ford Center for Performing Arts(Toronto),Carnegie Hall.
Roles performed on stage:
Otello (Otello), Calaf(Turandot), Radames(Aida), Canio(I Pagliacci), Turiddu(Cavalleria Rusticana), Don Jose(Carmen), Manrico(Il Trovatore), Ricardo(Un Ballo in Maschera), Cavaradossi(Tosca), Alfredo(La Traviata), Nadir(Perl Fishers), Duke(Rigoletto), Lensky(Eugene Onegine), McDuff(Macbeth).
Other achievements: Finalist and Winner of the Montreal International Voice Competition.
Master's Degree in Vocal Performance(Mcgill University) Diploma and Postgraduate Degree in Engineering.
Reviews:
Turkish Daily News
"Canadian tenor Franco Tenelli sung with outstanding conviction. His voice reaches the heights of Placido Domingo with tremendous ease with high pitches, delightful nuances and tones."
By Yuksel Soylemez
"The most polished singer... a beautifully fluid, gorgeous phrasing, lovely artistry of style..."
Paula Citron,CBC
"...dazzling technical and dramatic assurance... remarkable French diction..."
Charles Pope "Opera Canada"
"... a voice of steely brilliance."
Frieder Mossler, Suddeutsche Zeitung (Germany)
"A powerful voice..."
Gazzette Montreal
"Dominant in voice and presence... The shining tenor of this opera season"
Christa Scheafer, Munchener Merkur (Germany)
"Franco Tenelli sang...with confidence and resolve, with great projection and a majestic high register."
David Abrams,Syracuse Herald-Journal(USA)
"Tenor Franco Tenelli... performed magnificently...he shone... he sang with clear tone, focus and intensity. Everyone else paled in comparison to him..."
Pauline Oo, Western Gerald Kalamazoo.(USA)
"...Powerful and bright-voiced tenor Franco Tenelli sang an ardent Don Jose..."
Ilse Zadrozny, The Gazette, Montreal, March 29, 2003.
contact me at francotenelli@yahoo.com
Length: 170
Rating: 4.70 (15 ratings)
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