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2008 EMMY Award

New York City Opera

Madama Butterfly

Live from Lincoln Center, PBS

 

 

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Michael sings Ford from Ft. Worth

Opera's Falstaff, and the Letter

Scene and the Act 3 Aria from

NYCO's Madama Butterfly

 

 

Among the humans, the only vividly realized character was the Forester, sung by Michael Chioldi [in Long Beach Opera's The Cunning Little Vixen].

His taut baritone strongly conveyed masculinity, which his performance echoed without the use of stock gestures or puffed-up posturing.

Opera Magazine

 

Michael Chioldi as the Forester commanded the stage, singing and acting with power and aplomb.

Long Beach Gazettes.com

 

Michael Chioldi gave a Bayreuth-worthy performance in the title role of Der Fliegende Holländer. With his magnificant, well-focused and powerful Heldenbaritone of the Italian school, he drew a very impressive portrait of the role. The enormous intensity and brilliance of his entrance monologue produced tremendous applause. This awesome singer is in the early stages of a huge Wagnerian career.

Orpheus International

 

With a burnished sound at the top and clearly-shaped middle register, Chioldi sang the title role in Der Fliegende Holländer with dramatic vigor. In this, his debut in the role, he offered a superb portrait of one who set himself against his fate, one who in spite of all disillusionments still believes in his redemption through the unconditional love of a woman.

Pforzheimer Zeitung

 

 

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