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Tenor Soloist, Baton Rouge Sympnony Orchestra, Baton Rouge, LA April 2011
"Richard Troxell... won the the audience members' adoration with his voice..."
Baton Rouge Advocate
As Don José in Carmen, Opera Australia, Sydney, February, 2011
"Troxell made a credible...José singing with passion and confidence."
Northside Newspapers
" His voice opened up with beautifully textured sensitivity."
Arts Hub
" One of the star turns was Richard Troxell as murderer,deserter and cuckold Don
José.He's already made a name for himself in this opera,based on his capability
as an actor as much as his vocal refinement and finesse.Panache is the word that
springs to mind."
Curtain Call
As Rodolfo in La Bohème ,Opera Colorado,November,2010
Tenor Richard Troxell was cast as the poet, Rodolfo,at least in part because of
his obvious affinity for the Italian style, and he delivered some beautiful moments,
capitalizing on Puccini's swelling lines."
The Denver Post
"The voices of soprano Inna Dukach( Mimi)and tenor Richard Troxell(Rodolfo)
blend together like fine coffee and rich cream, leaving the audience spellbound,
eager for them to sing another duet."
The Examiner
As Don José in Carmen
,Orlando Philharmonic,February,2010
"Richard Troxell was a more-than-credible Don José, and he made the Act II Flower
Duet one of the evening's highights."
Orlando Sentinel
Tenor Soloist,Opera Hamilton Popera
( Lenski's Aria) Tenor Richard Troxell interpreted the aria with all the pathos
and doom endemic to a Russian story, even underling the mood with stance and dramatic
pauses. Super.
Ontario Arts Review
Tenor Soloist,Handel's Messiah
Pittsburgh Symphony, December,2009
"Page selected an impressive group of vocal soloists, beginning with tenor Richard
Troxell.His opening recitative Comfort ye, my people was beautifully declaimed,the
essential point of entry to this masterpiece. Troxell established the rewarding
style of vocal ornamention, all of which was dramatically apt."
The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
As de Grieux in Manon
Calgary Opera, November, 2009
"Richard Troxell made a fine dramatic partner for Paulin, the scenes with the two
young lovers are natural and unforced, and the more passionate scenes in the later
part of the opera charged with strong emotion.Troxell has a fine voice which he
uses intelligently, and if there is yet another level of vocal finesse that might
be achieved, it is possessed by very few Frenchstyle tenors presently before the
public. He was heard to the best effect in the mood-filled En fermant les yeux
in the second act, a vocal highlight of the production. He was also convincing in
the more dramatic moments in the final two acts,both of the big duets succeeding
admirably."
Calgary Herald
As Prunier, DVD, La Rondine July,2009
"Richard Troxell and Inva Mula, both fine singing actors, make the most of their
roles as the secondary lovers....these two do not wear out their welcome."
Opera News
"Inva Mula as Lisette and Richard Troxell as Prunier are the most credible...in
the roles I've ever encountered--two lovely, lively performances."
Arkiv Msic
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As the Duke of Mantua in Rigoletto
Portland Opera, May, 2009
"Richard Troxell [was] adept and beautifully impassioned as the Duke with the charm
and persuasion of a Don Juan descending the slippery slope of lust..."
Pat McElroy, all classical.org
As Lenski in Eugene Onegin
Opera Lyra, Ottawa, April, 2009
"...Richard Troxell as Lenski was superb."
Culture Magazine Canada
"Tenor Richard Troxell brought an unusual degree of nuance to the role."
Ottawa Citizen
Title Role in Zampa
Opéra Comique Paris December 2008
"Richard Troxell, l'Américain était un excellent Zampa,un vrai Corsaire
et un acteur accompli, avec sa voix très assurée de ténor lyrique et
son jeu scénique irréprochable...Dans son interprétation de Zampa, le
tenor convainc incarnant parfaitement un personnage cynique, brutal,finalement pathéthique."
"Richard Troxell, the American, was an excellent Zampa, a real pirate and an accomplished
actor with an assured lyric tenor voice and an irreprochable stage presence. His
interpretation of the role of Zampa is convincing,perfectly capturing the character
of this cynical, brutal and finally moving character.classiquenews.com 1/17/09
"...warmly applauded. Troxell is fine actor, and his blazing eyes and swashbuckling
poses make him a credible devil... a fine top D with a diminuendo showed that he
is no technical slouch"
Opera News
Lyric Fest Concert A World of Friends November 2008
"Richard Troxell is one of the best, and most successful, graduates the Academy
of Vocal Arts has produced--a globetrotting tenor with a great voice and a stage
presence that makes him a perfect choice for swashbuckling roles and arias like
Rossini's La Danza. He's also an entertainer who clearly enjoyed standing
close to the front rows singing directly to the children."
Tom Purdom Broad Street Review
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As Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly
Opéra de Montréal
"American tenor Richard Troxell was handsome,ringing and thoroughly loathsome as
Pinkerton"
Montréal Gazette
" Le ténor Richard Troxell reprend le rôle de Pinkerton-l'officier qui séduit
et abandonne la petite-qu'il jouait dans le film de Frédéric Mitterand.
La voix est encore belle, avec un aigu sûr, et le jeu est toujours vrai."
"The tenor Richard Troxell reprises the role of Pinkerton-the officer who seduces
and abandons Butterfly-which he played in Frédéric Mitterand's film. The
voice is still beautiful with a secure top, and the acting is still real and natural."
La Presse de Montréal
"Le ténor américain Richard Troxell,solide lieutenant Pinkerton,à la
voix lumineuse,-il s'investit totalement,de l'amoureux inconstant aux regrets amers
de l'homme marié-c'est précisément lui que nous retrouvons dans le film
de Frédéric Mitterand."
"The American tenor Richard Troxell,a solid Lieutenant Pinkerton with a luminous
voice, invests himself totally in the role from fickle lover to the bitter regrets
of a married man--it is precisely he whom we recognize from Frédéric Mitterand's
film."
Jacques Hétu, ResMusica.com
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