Michael Smallwood
Katya Kabanova 02
KATYA KABANOVA  by Leos Janacek at the Hamburg State Opera, 2002
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 9 April 2002
"The performance benefits from [Willy] Decker's imaginative and precise character direction, which was supported by the comical stage talent of Vanya (played by a discovered singing talent: the fantastic Australian tenor Michael Smallwood, to date a member of the Internationalen Opernstudio at the Hamburg Staatsoper) and Varvara (sung by the sweet, bell-like mezzo of Luisa Islam-Ali-Zade)."
Das Opernglas, 29 April 2002
"...Vanya was sung by the promising tenor Michael Smallwood, who is blessed with a very supple and exceptionally beautiful vocal timbre." Katya Kabanova 02
1. As Kudrjas with L. Islam-Ali-Zade (Varvara)
2. As Kudrjas with L. Islam-Ali-Zade (Varvara)

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