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Michael Chioldi, who will make his debut in Pforzheim in the title role of Wagner's Flying Dutchman, sings [the Brahms Requiem's baritone role] with colored highs and noteworthy dramatic strength. His approach is altogether convincing.

Emotionally gripping, declamatorically sure, intense and with vocal sovereignty, he contributed much to the success of this "German Requiem," as evidenced by the unreserved applause by the audience.

Pforzheimer Zeitung

Michael Chioldi sang well as the prescient Sharpless...

New York Times

...splendid support in the well-sung, well-focused, sympathetic portrayal of the US consul, Sharpless, by Michael Chioldi...

In The Dangerous Liaisons, Michael Chioldi was most impressive as the admirable villain Vicomte de Valmont - producing singing which sensitively embraced his acting.

"Michael, your baritone is magnificent. It is indeed the best I have ever heard or had the pleasure to write for."

Michael Chioldi's secure and elegant Scarpia in the Te Deum from Puccini's "Tosca" was not easy to ignore.

In Falstaff, Michael Chioldi's beefy baritone and imposing presence worked well for Ford.

Chioldi was fully up to the battle, his warm baritone deployed with great skill. His characterization of a young man with a passionate desire added great sexual tension to the Act II scene with Tosca.

Chioldi's performance (as Enrico in Lucia di Lammermoor) was beautifully shaded, musically and dramatically; the audience could hear Enrico's desperation as well as his calculation.

With a complex voice - a dramatic and powerful center given extra drama by a certain edge - and an equivalent stage presence, Chioldi is magnificent. His Scarpia is a study of all that can go wrong with the human soul, yet presented in splendid form.

The measure of any Almaviva is the opera's final aria. Chioldi beautifully pours out one heartfelt strain after another.