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Brian
Gilbertson made his operatic debut in Vienna with the Vienna Kammeroper
in 1985
A
Tenor with considerable acting skills
(over 40 roles)
His
many Roles range from the lyrical Ernesto in Donizetti's Don Pasquale
to wonderful characters like Goro in Madama Butterfly or Mime
in Wagner's Ring Cycle to the lyrical coloratura of Don Ottavio
in Don Giovanni or toe-tapping tenors from Gilbert &
Sullivan
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On
the concert platform he has had major successes including oratorio...
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Worked
in principal roles with internationally renowned music directors,
including Richard Armstrong, Richard Bonynge, Carlo
Felice Cillario, Jaques Delacôte, John DeMain, Jeffrey Tate
and others....
And
with directors, Bruce Beresford, Michael Blakemore, Stuart Maunder,
Keith Michell, Moffatt Oxenbould, Simon Phillips, Pierre Strosser,
Keith Warner and others...
Performance
colleagues in opera include, Elizabeth Campbell, Joan Carden,
Conal Coad, Christopher Doig, Malcolm Donnelly, Dame Malvina Majors,
Janis Martin, Yvonne Minton, Barry Mora, Patricia Payne, Marylin
Schau, John Shaw, Lyndon Terracine, Yoko Watanabe, John Wegner
and others...
In
Musicals and lighter theatre works colleagues include:
Jonathon
Biggins, Rhonda Burchmore, Venetta Fields, Dobbs Franks, Keith
Michell, Dennis Olsen and others....
Companies:
Opera Australia, Opera Queensland, State Opera of South Australia,
Victoria State Opera, St Pölten State Theatre; Vienna Kammeroper,
Palm Beach Festival, Schönbrunn Palace Theatre Vienna,
Australian Broadcasting Commission, Victorian Arts Centre, Adelaide
Festival Centre Trust and Darwin Centre for Performing Arts. Various
concert venues in Europe and Australia as Tenor soloist.
Operatic
Roles include: Froh (Das Rheingold:The Ring), Mime (Siegfried:
The Ring), Don Ottavio, (Don Giovanni); Ernesto, (Don Pasquale);
Almaviva, (Il Barbiere di Sivilgia), L'Abate di Chazeuil, (Adriana
Lecouvreur); Wenzel (Die Verkaufte Braut); Goro, (Madama Butterfly);
Spoletta, (Tosca); Monostatos, (II flauto magico); Normanno, (Lucia
di Lammermoor); Malcolm, (Macbeth); Gastone, (La Traviata); The
Witch (Hansel & Gretel); Remendado, (Carmen); Roderigo, (Otello);
Young Servant, (Elektra); Borsa, (Rigoletto); Sid, (Sid the Serpent);
Don Curzio, (Figaro); Benoir, (La Boheme); Bardolph, (Falstaff);
Tenor, (Trouble in Tahiti) Edmondo, (Manon Lescaut).
Languages:
Performed in Afrikaans, Czech, English, French, German, Italian,
Portuguese, Russian, Sotho, Singalese, Thai and Zulu.
Vocal
Training: Maestro Franz Schuch-Tovini, Vienna.
Dramatic
Training: Hochschule fur Musik Darstellender Kunst in Vienna.
For
a complete resume, send request to
Email:
jsloan@qpm.com.au
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Reviews
Nanky Poo - Mikado
1999
"the splendidly
cast Nanki Poo..sang strongly throughout his long role did
his dialogue in a well studied toffee-nosed accent that was
funny in itself." Tristram Cary The Australian, August 1999
"fresh faced and
youthful Nanki Poo whose music sits easily in the voice."
Ewart Shaw Advertiser August 1999
"breezes along
as the wimpy juvenile lead Nanki Poo."
Jackie Tracey
Sunday Mail, August 1999.
Goro
"a consumate artist
who knows his craft to perfection"
Roger Knight Adelaide Review Sept 1999
"...another fine
cameo... "
Ewart Shaw The Advertiser Oct 1999
"..excells.."
Jackie Tracey, Sunday Mail Oct 1999
"...stands
out."
The Advertiser, October 1991
"...most
effective..."
The Australian, October 1991
"...splendidly
devious..."
Opera Australia, Dec 1991.
Froh
"I was particularly
impressed by Brian Gilbertson's Froh, sung strongly, clearly
and pleasingly. "
David Gyger, Opera Opera December 1998
"..the superb
Brian Gilbertson.."
The Advertiser 8/12/98
"..strongly sung
by Brian Gilbertson.."
The Australian 20/11/98
Hassar
Stravinsky's
Mavra
"..made this
comedy blaze like a meteor"
Noel Purdon, The Bulletin, May 1998
"..a much admired
singer.."
Roger Knight, Arts critic Adelaide Review, Dec 1996
Sir
Richard Dauntless...1995
"
the lyric voice of Brian Gilbertson gave an outstanding Richard.."
The Age, November 1995
"..excellent
as the jolly jack tar."
The Australian, November 1995
"
first class..well drawn & articulate."
The Bulletin, December 1995.
Witch,
Hansel & Gretel 1994
"Superbly
played!"
Backstage, April 1994
"...a
riot..."
The Advertiser, April 1994.
Malcolm
1993
"...intense
and well articulated..."
The Australian 1993
"...confidently
sung and acted..."
Opera Australia, Sept 1993
Spoletta
1993
"...splendid
creation..."
The Australian, June 1993
"...continues
his notable carreer as the Lon Chaney of Opera."
The Sunday Mail, June 1993.
Normanno
1992
"...versatile..."
The Sunday Mail, May 1992
"...a
very handy person to have around..."
The Advertiser, May 1992.
Monostatos
1992
"...compelling..."
Opera Australia, Sept 1992
"...in
fine voice..."
Opera, November 1992.
Don Ottavio
"
Brian Gilbertson sings Don Ottavio with pleasing style and great
intelligence."
The Advertiser, May 1991
"
Well played...whose tenor voice is appealing and distinctive..."
The Sunday Mail, May 1991
"...looked
the part to perfection..."
The Adelaide Review, June 1991.
Ernesto
"..sang
as if he had been listening to Tito Schipa and the result was
invariably totally successful"
The Adelaide Review, Nov 1987..
"Brian
Gilbertson has a lyric tenor voice whose upper range is extraordinarily
clear and unstrained."
The Advertiser, October 1987.
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Concert
World Concert
Tour 1999
"Triumphant Tour."
ArtState Summer 1999
"We appreciate
your significant contribution."
General Manager, Image, Special Events and Olympic Arts Festivals
correspondence December 1999
"Reached
audiences of millions.."
The Advertiser November 1999
"Uniting the world
in one dream. The Olympic flame reaches Austria through Brian
Gilbertson's singing."
Austria Today
September 1999.
Bundaleer Open
Air Concert 1999
"The program had
numerous highlights, none so moving as Brian Gilbertson's
performance without amplification, of 'Ombra mai fu', to illustrate
the resonant qualities of the surrounding forest."
Sue Hannagan, Northern Argus, April 1999.
St
Nicholas (Britten)
"..one
of his finest and most stylish performances to date."
The Advertiser, Nov 1992.
St
John's Passion
"Brian
Gilbertsons evangelist was a mature and eloquent performance
that held everything together."
The Advertiser, 1992.
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Musicals
and Operetta
Nanky Poo -
Mikado 1999
"the splendidly
cast Nanki Poo..sang strongly throughout his long role did
his dialogue in a well studied toffee-nosed accent that
was funny in itself." Tristram Cary The Australian, August
1999
"fresh faced
and youthful Nanki Poo whose music sits easily in the voice."
Ewart Shaw Advertiser August 1999
"breezes along
as the wimpy juvenile lead Nanki Poo."
Jackie
Tracey Sunday Mail, August 1999.
Sir
Richard Dauntless...1995
"
the lyric voice of Brian Gilbertson gave an outstanding
Richard.."
The Age, November 1995
"..excellent
as the jolly jack tar."
The Australian, November 1995
"
first class..well drawn & articulate."
The Bulletin, December 1995.
Pete
McGinty Victorian Arts Centre Trust Melbourne Summer Festival.
"An
exceptional person in Brian Gilbertson impressed with his
bravura rendering of the young Pete."
Toorak Times, February 1990
"..Sang
strongly and with admirably clear diction."
The Herald, January 1990
"..played
the young Pete with a freshness and verve and a fine voice.."
Sunday Herald, February 1990.
Musicals/Operetta
Roles include:
Title
role, (Pete McGinty); Captain Fitzbattleaxe, (Utopia Limited);
Richard Dauntless, (Ruddigore), Marco (The Gondoliers),
Nanky Poo (The Mikado), Merkur, (Orpheus in der Unterwelt);
Alfred, (Die Fledermaus), Dr. Blind, (Die Fledermaus); Donald
S. Marshall III, (Irene); The Caliph, (Kismet); Lieutenant
Cable (South Pacific); Jeffrey Moss, (Bells are Ringing).
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Suitable
Roles
Selection
of Suitable Roles as at August 2000
Opera / G&S / Musicals / Operetta / Oratorio
Bellini
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Beatrice
di Tenda
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Anichino
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Beethoven
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Fidelio
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Jaquino
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Bizet
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Carmen
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Remendado
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Britten
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Albert
Herring
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Albert
Herring
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Billy
Budd
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Captain
Vere
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Peter
Grimes
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Boles
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St
Nicholas
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St
Nicholas
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The
Turn of the Scew
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Peter
Quint
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Cilea
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Adrianne
Lecouvreur
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L'Abate
di Chazeuil
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Concert
Soloist
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Britten
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St
Nicholas
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Britten
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War Requiem
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Handel
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Israel in Egypt...
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Lloyd Webber
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Requiem
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Masses:Bach, Biber,
Gabrieli, Hayden, Jan Ryba Palestrina, Schubert...
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Masses/Cantatas
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Monteverdi
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Virgine Missa Senis
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Mozart
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Requiem/Various Masses
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Orff
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Carmina Burana/Swan
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Vivaldi
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Beatus Vir
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Concert/Oratorio
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Bach John &
Mathew Passions
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Evangelist
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Bach Christmas Oratorio
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Evangelist &
Tenor
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Handel Messiah/ Israel
in Egypt
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Tenor
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Handel Judas Maccabaeus
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Tenor
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Schütz Passions
Math/Luke/John
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Evangelist
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Schütz History
of Birth of Christ
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Evangelist
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Donizetti
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Don Pasquale
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Ernesto
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Lucia di Lammermoor
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Normanno
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Gilbert &
Sullivan
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Trial by Jury
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The Defendant
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The Sorcerer
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Alexis
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HMS Pinafore
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Ralph Rackstraw
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Pirates of Penzance
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Frederic
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Patience
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Duke of Dunstable
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Iolanthe
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Earl Tolloller
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Princess Ida
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Hilarion/Cyril
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Mikado
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Nanki-Poo
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Ruddigore
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Richard Dauntless
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Yeoman of the Guard
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Colonel Fairfax
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The Gonoliers
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Marco/Luiz
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Utopia Limited
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Fitzbattleaxe
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Humperdinck
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Hansel & Gretel
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The Witch
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Kalman
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Circus Princess
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Toni
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Countess Maritza
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Baron Koloman
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Gypsy Princess
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Boni
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Lalo
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Le Roi D'ys
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Mylio
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Leoncavallo
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Pagliacci
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Peppe
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Menotti
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Amahl and the Night
Visitors
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King Casper
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The Consul
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The Magician
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Moussorgski
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Boris Godinov
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Misail/Schiuski
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Mozart W.A
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Don Giovanni
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Don Ottavio
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The Abduction from
the Seraglio
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Pedrillo
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Marriage of Figaro
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Basilio/Curzio
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Sandrina's Secret
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Podesta
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The Magic Flute
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Monostatos
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Musicals
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A Funny Thing...Forum
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Hero
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Aspects of Love
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Alex
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Bells are Ringing
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Jeff Moss
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Cabaret
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Young German
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Camelot
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Lancelot
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Candide
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Candide
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Carousel
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Billy
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Company
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Robert
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Fiddler on the Roof
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Perchik
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Follies
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Ben Stone
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Guys and Dolls
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Sky Masterson
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Irene
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Donald
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Joseph..Dreamcoat
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Potiphar
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Kismet
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Caliph
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Les Miserables
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Valjean
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Mame
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Adult Patrick
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Man of La Mancha
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Padre
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My Fair Lady
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Freddy
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Pal Joey
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Louis
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Phantom
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Phantom
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Pippin
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Pippin
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Show Boat
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Gaylord Ravenal
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South Pacific
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Lt. Cable
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Sunday in the Park
with George
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George
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Sweeney Todd
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Anthony
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Nicolai
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Merry Wives of Windsor
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Fenton
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Offenbach
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Orpheus in the Underworld
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Pluto/Orpheus/Styx
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Tales of Hoffman
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Andreas/Franz etc
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Puccini
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Tosca
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Spoletta
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Trittico
- Tabarro
- Gianni Schicchi
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Rinuccio/Gherardo
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Turandot
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Pong/Pang/Emperor
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La Boheme
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Benoir/Alcindoro
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Madame Butterfly
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Goro
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Manon Lescaut
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Edmondo
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Purcell
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Dido & Aeneas
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Aeneas
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Rossini
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The Barber of Seville
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Almaviva
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La Cenerentola
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understudy/Ramiro
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Count Ory
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understudy/Count
Ory
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Smetana
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Vazek
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Vazek
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Strauss. J.
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Die Fledermaus
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Eisenstein/Alfred/Blind
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Gypsy Baron
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Ottokar
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Vienna Blood
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Josef
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Strauss R.
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Ariadne auf Naxos
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Dance Master/
Scaramuccio
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Rosenkavalier
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Valzacchi/
understudy Tenor
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Salome
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Narraboth
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Stravinski
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Mavra
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Hussar (Cook)
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Suppe, Franz
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Boccaccio
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Boccaccio
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Tschaikowski
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Triquet/ Lenski
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Triquet/ Lenski
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Verdi
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Falstaff
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Fenton/Caius/Bardolf
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Macbeth
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Malcolm
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Otello
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Cassio/Roderigo
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Rigoletto
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Borsa
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Wagner
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Das Rheingold
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Mime/Froh/ Loge
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The Flying Dutchman
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Steersman
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Lohengrin
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Edler
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Master Singers from
Neurenberg
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David
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Siegfried
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Mime
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Tannhauser
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Heinrich
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Tristan & Isolde
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Melot/Shepherd
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Walton
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Troilus & Cressida
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Pandarus
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Wagner
Wagners
Ring Cycle 1998
Parsifal
"In 2001 Brian
Gilbertson will sing the 3rd Knave in the Australian premier
of Parsifal at the Adelaide Festival Theatre, now known
as the Centre. This is the same venue where the Australian
Ring Cycle took place in 1998 and again Jeffrey Tate will
conduct."
Froh
"I was
particularly impressed by Brian Gilbertson's Froh which
was sung strongly, clearly and
pleasingly"
Opera Dec 1998,
"...strongly
sung by Brian Gilbertson...", "...a consistently
excellent caste..."
The Australian 20/11/98
"...the
superb Brian Gilbertson."
The Advertiser 8/12/98
"...played
with enormous pathos by Brian Gilbertson." Rip It
Up Magazine Nov/Dec 1998
"...the
best of local and international singers...", "...there
isn't a dull or uninteresting voice among them."
The Age 23/11/1998
"His
singers drawn from around the world are the real strength-from
the Rheinmaidens through the gods led by John Wegner's
Wotan, ... and Brian Gilbertson's Froh."
Brisbane Courier 20/11/98
"The
cast (Rheingold) was uniformly strong"
The Adelaide Review Dec 1998
"...the
hand picked caste of magnificent Wagnerian voices."
The Bulletin 8/12/98
"...the
level of consistent excellence was remarkable.. the singers
he(Bill Gillespie) assembled make a powerful dramatic
team right down to the smallest roles."
The Australian 27/11/98
Mime: cover
Jeffrey Tate
(music director)
Brian Gilbertson
has been a valuable member of the Ring company, vocally
and dramatically, not only as Froh.. but also as a brilliant
cover for Mime, singing several rehearsals magnificently.
He is surely capable of being a world class Mime, and
as a lyric/character tenor of great use to any company.
He is also a marvellously supportive colleague."
Lionel Friend
(assistant music director)
I have had
the pleasure of working with Mr. Gilbertson on the roles
of Froh and Mime (Das Rheingold and Siegfried) in connection
with the Ring in Adelaide, 1998. I have no hesitation
in recommending him for these parts, and feel confident
that Loge would also suit him well. He sings with clarity
of text (and his German is excellent) and vocal production,
and the sound projects well. He works intensively and
with great attention to detail which make him a reliable
colleague. Since he is capable of warmth as well as character
he can be invaluable to very many operatic casts.
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