Reviews

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Michael Nansel triumphs as the Scottish king!

Michael Nansel sang the title role and he gave a towering performance. With the very first line he sang he instantly captured the house, the entire space. Such a voice! He's physically perfect for the role-handsome and powerful-quite the Scottish warrior. And when, early on, he slipped off his chain-mail hood to release that dramatic-yes operatic-shock of graying hair he seemed a Macbeth from the Realm of Ideal Forms. And he's a splendid actor. 

• Broadway World 01/25/2023

Michael Nansel sings Sharpless, the Consul, with a rich, powerful baritone that fills the role with utter confidence. Such ease! He is so at home in this role!

• Broadway World 03/31/2022

In the title role, Michael Nansel exhibited an exceptionally vivid and powerful baritone, and he swaggered and blundered with engaging unself-consciousness.

• Opera  News 07/26/2017

Nansel sang with alternating steel and velvet, encountering few difficulties with his role’s perilously high tessitura.

• voix-des-arts.com 09/30/2015    

In the title role, baritone Michael Nansel proved to be a marvelous Figaro, with a robust voice and a great sense of comedy.

• Wichita   Eagle 06/01/2014 

...the utter beauty of his voice, harnessed with exceptional technique, was coupled with fine acting and stage presence. 

• Wichita Eagle 04/22/2012

...the top banana is unquestionably Michael Nansel.

• Washington Post 03/08/2007

...particularly Michael Nansel’s finely sung and nuanced Giovanni, who came across as the consummate sexual predator — powerful, charming and amoral.

• Washington Post 10/09/2011