LAWRENCE BROWNLEE & MICHAEL SPYRES - GAME OF TENORS - AMICI E RIVALI - BRATISLAVA 4.12.2021

GAME OF TENORS or AMICI E RIVALI
Is there a better Rossini tenor than Lawrence Brownlee? The music critic Alex Ross from New Yorker asked. The upcoming concert in Bratislava on December 4, 2021 will give the answer.
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The question of music critic Alex Ross was not accidental, because Lawrence Brownlee plays with high C’s like a juggler with the balls. At a concert in Bratislava four years ago, he sang up to 45 high C’s, 18 of them in encores! It's like winning football match 100: 0!
Brownlee reigns in the belcanto repertoire, excels in Rossini's, Bellini's and Donizetti's operas, with the CD Virtuoso Rossini Arias was even nominated for a Grammy Award and became the first belcanto winner of an opera Oscar (International Opera Award). In the meantime, however, he found a challenger, the American singer Michael Spyres, who has a huge vocal range. In addition to the heighest tenor notes, it also descends to the baritone depths, so it is more accurate to label him a baritenor, as its recent new CD is also called.
I personally experienced Michael Spyres at the Rossini Festival in Pesaro, where belcanto lovers have been meeting the world's singing elite for almost forty years. Michael in 2016, sang Rodrigo in the opera La donna del lago (The Lady of the Lake) by the way, alongside J. D. Flórez, and was captivating. I longed to bring him to Bratislava and the opportunity did not take long. When one of my friends sent me an amateur video from a Brownlee and Spyres concert duel in Amsterdam in 2018 I knew that was it! How better to present two top singers than in a virtuoso duel?
I got a date in 2020, but the corona-virus played a cruel game with us, we had to cancel the date and look for a new one. The great demand for the duel in the high C’s gave us the closest opportunity on December 4, 2021.
Despite the pandemic, the tenorists duel project lived its life, and where it was possible, they also gave concerts. A CD was also recorded , called Amici e Rivali (Friends and Rivals), which also became the name of the project. However, we stayed with the name the Game of Tenors, which at the time of the idea's origin best described the outstanding duel. Despite the unfavorable development of the pandemic, we believe that this time the corona-virus will not win and the fans of the operatic singing will have an early Christmas.
More information about the concert and tickets at www.kapos.sk.

[@ladyizolde4508]

Love you, guys! You are the best! Wish you new triumphs. And new Rossini recordings, of course. Take care.

[@jankorecky3019]

I love them too, they not only sing on the highest level, but really enjoy singing and music. Their joy is the added value of their performances.

[@ladyizolde4508]

Indeed, they provide not only singing, but true art, real magic. For me it is an honour to have an opportunity to enjoy by this outstanding singers.