Battle of the Lower Registers with a Tenor in the Mix - Opera Wire

New Amsterdam Opera’s presentation of Verdi’s “I Vespri Siciliani” was a battle royal of fachs, with a baritone and tenor vying against a bass-baritone for top accolades in this lesser-known Verdi work.

Who came out on top?

Flip a coin. Both bass-baritone Bryan Glenn Davis as the dauntless Sicilian partisan, Procida, and baritone Daniel Scofield as the object of Procida’s hatred, Monforte, brought their characters to life though anchored to the concert stage. They employed emotive voices, slight gestures, looks, and facial expressions that imbued the concert performance with as much drama and tension as the format allows.- Opera Wire