Hi. Please could someone reading this help me? I would be most grateful to know with certain accuracy from an indisputable, verifiable, reputable source the year of birth of operatic baritone Michael Mayes. Thank you.

Thanks for Heroes

A major talent,

Great barytone!

Bravissima ❣️❣️❣️

Her smile is vibrant, and her vocal technique and tone are beautiful and impressive. In love with the energy she gives off when performing-she just shines so brightly!

Understated and knowing accompanment!

Εξαιρετική!!!!!

He is amazing 🎉❤

She was a BRILLIANT Brangäne

Тот кто щёлкает затвором - кто ты, ара?

No middle and low register No chest voice Poor breathing Go back to work, honey, there's still a lot to do.

Good Job Mr Watkins, We miss you

I found it absurd that the discussion towards the end revolved around the possible offence taken about the representation of other people, stereotyping them through representations that they as the victims of being colonised had no control over. Yet no mention is made of Saint Saens Opera Henry VIII where he uses Tudor melodies to give an English feel to the work. He took great care to research the melodic material while in England. Look at the extensive power battles between France and England and the power dynamics that can easily be excavated within the English language where French has left its very powerful mark. At a certain time in history England was colonised by France so are we as English people to take offence at Saint Saens using Tudor melodies to give an English feel to this opera? No of course not. It is what it is. In his opera Dejanire he tried to conjure up the feel of Ancient Greece through a modal approach to some of the melodic material and he achieved a purity of sound and sparseness that might have come close to how ancient melodic writing could have sounded. Should the Greeks be offended? Of course not. That would be ridiculous. There was so much that could have been explored about Saint Saens and his travels. The people he spent time with. The sources of his inspiration.

terrific . Absolutely love this and the entire show We saw it October 13

Glorious vouce but not an Isolde, no, not yet! But so beautiful, just so beautiful! Verdi, Verdi and more Verdi. I will listen everyday to when you sing it. Brava, brava but leave Isolde for now. So many good wishes to you!

Destined for greatness, amazing voice and control

Where can I buy this on DVD/Streaming please?

My old classmate from Loyola New Orléans!

A star is born.

I wish Seattle would do its own Ring again. Bringing in individual operas using other companies’ productions is not the same.

The last time I saw the complete Ring, it was this production. I really miss the Seattle Opera Rings.

When she's in town, she sings in a church choir in Philly.... the choir members withdraw would stop singing just so we could hear her beautiful voice ❤❤❤. She's as lovely a person as she appears to be.

The backstage folks are the real heros of the performance

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Saw this last night, it was phenomenal.

Beautiful beautiful beautiful!!

Just saw the live performance on Sunday and everyone was amazing - especially Diego Torre. Dare I say he performed this song better than Pavarotti or Bocelli? So much more emotion was heard and felt in Torre's performance - the type of emotion that sticks with you long after the performance.

bravissimo !!!

Such exciting singing!

What a beautiful voice!

so beautiful

Brb i gotta go watch that episode of Seinfeld

I hope he keeps working to even out his technique... It's a great sound. Too many young singers today don't play the long game... I hope he does!

Beautiful 🌹🌹🌹🌹

💙💙💙

Magical opera but Christina must go asap! We need to see new director with new vision! Christina did nothing! Regardless of what she claims

Go Brandie!!

What a stunning composition rendered brilliantly by Miss Hunter. An excellent example of fine technique and nuanced expression. Brava to you Briana

i saw her live last night, she was amazing! 🎉

Very nice voice but a bit too precious. That’s not a criticism of the singer but rather the industry and how it coaches singers to express - i.e. in a style that is excessively informed by an instrumentalist’s need for precision and less an actors need to express drama. Look a Giuseppi Taddei as an example of fuller integration of musical and textual imperatives. His is not the only way to sing this aria but it certainly doesn’t stumble on the account of excessive preciousness.

This makes me cry! Theater is a beautiful example of humans rising to new heights when working together.

Such a lovely tone!

We saw Mané last night at the Santa Fe Opera, and I was absolutely blown away ❤ Brava, so moving! A wonderful talent, I do not have words beautiful enough to match her talent, my new favorite singer ❤👏🏾

kecces👏👏⭐️⭐️

Wonderfully sang. Bravo LB. That is why at age 60, I am inspired to study operatic singing because of you. One day, I hope to sing just like you. And pls, sing more standards❤❤❤

He gestures like Jessye Norman, but the male version!

Too melodramatic and unpleasant to the ear!

Amitai Pati : una voz inolvidable 👌👍🇪🇸

Gràcies per esta precisa motivació tan preparada!