| Verdi's "La forza del destino", Opera Holland Park, July 2010 |
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Mark
Stone made a sterling Don Carlo
Rupert Christiansen, Daily Telegraph, 28 Jul 2010
Mark Stone makes a strong, forthright Don Carlo
Richard Fairman, Financial Times, 29 Jul 2010
the vigorous malice of Don Carlo is etched in vocal fire by Mark Stone
George Hall, Guardian, 28 Jul 2010
Mark Stone has the right ringing-tingling high baritone for
Leonora’s mad, monomaniacal brother Carlo
Warwick Thompson, Bloomberg, 30 Jul 2010
Mark Stone manages to suggest the almost pathological obsession for revenge.
Barry Millington, The Evening Standard, 1 Aug 2010
As Don Carlo, Mark Stone’s soul searching over whether he should look at Don Alvaro’s private papers produces some of the most deeply moving singing of the evening. His subsequent confrontation with Alvaro bursts with intensity
Sam Smith, Whats on stage, 29 Jul 2010
Mark Stone's Don Carlo is smoothly done
Neil Fisher, The Times 29 Jul 2010
Mark Stone’s Don Carlo is another highlight, combining richness with dramatic heft
, The Stage, 30 Jul 2010
Mark Stone as Don Carlo is every bit as impressive, and he sings with passion and verve
Michael Darvell, Classicalsource.com, 27 Jul 2010
Mark Stone, a notable Enrico in ENO's Lucia di Lammermoor, relishes another wicked brother role as Don Carlo
Claire Colvin, Daily Express, 2 Aug 2010
Although I've heard Mark Stone in recital and in smaller roles at the Royal Opera House, this was the first time I've heard him in a role as substantial as Don Carlo. He's even better as opera singer than recitalist, because he projects so well, and has commanding stage presence. Stone's Don Carlo is a natural aristocrat. You know immediately that he's not Pereda of Salamanca - no meek student would sing with such authority! An elegant voice, which Stone uses well to evoke the more driven aspects of the character.
"Urna fatale" is elegantly phrased... he has the measure of this hot-blooded, foolish character
Anna Picard, Independent on Sunday, 1 Aug 2010
Mark Stone a dashing, vengeful and powerfully projected Don Carlo
Hugh Canning, Sunday Times, 1 Aug 2010
Peter Auty
(Alvaro) and Mark Stone (Carlo) impress
Colin Anderson, TheOperaCritic.com, 1 Aug 2010Mark Stone is an unusually attractive avenger
Michael Tanner, The Spectator, 14 Aug 2010
baritone Mark Stone using his ringing-tingling voice as antagonist Carlo, Gweneth-Ann Jeffers singing up a storm and Stuart Stratford conducting with style and power; it generates the authentic Verdian sizzle it needs to."
Warwick Thompson, Metro, 30 Jul 2010
Mark Stone makes her obsessive brother appropriately commanding.
Geoffrey Smith, Country Life, 1 Aug 2010
He gave an intelligent and technically satisfying performance
Intermezzo, 10 Aug 2010
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