Reviews
As Nanki-poo in The Mikado for State Opera of South Australia:
"Dominic Walsh sang and acted a perfect Nanki Poo"
The Barefoot Reviewer
"SOSA debutant Dominic J Walsh who sang with a ringing rich tenor, was pitch perfect."
Scenestr (5 Stars)
"Dominic J Walsh does particularly well as the street musician, Nanki Poo;
he plays the earnest lover well."
Glam Adelaide (5 Stars)
"Affectingly and clearly sung, praise must go to Dominic J. Walsh’s Nanki Poo"
Limelight Magazine (4.5 Stars)
"Dominic J. Walsh and Amelia Berry respectively bring these characters to life,
their on-stage partnership is very convincing."
The Clothesline (4.5 Stars)
As Ferrando in Cosi fan tutte for Clonter Opera
"Dominic Walsh (Ferrando) is a seriously impressive young tenor"
Manchester Evening News
As Nanki-poo in The Mikado for Opera Queensland:
Stage Whispers
The Courier Mail
Australian Stage
Stage Diary
Absolute Theatre
NewsBytes
As Ferrando in Cosi fan tutte for Opera Queensland:
(A review by Eric Scott in July 2011)
This was budget opera, a cast of six, five making a role debut, no chorus, and no huge elaborate set, but it was a pleasing and enthralling production and showed why the opera is one of the most performed throughout the world.
The night I attended, Virgilio Marino pulled out sick and understudy Dominic Walsh stepped up to sing Ferrando and settled into the role as if he had been playing it for years.
Mozart’s opera buffa is tuneful and fluffy and at other times powerful with wonderful thumping finales and the
Queensland Symphony Orchestra under Stephen Mould made the music joyful. Yet, under David Berthold’s reworking, it became a much darker story, with a satanic Don Alfonso and his henchwoman, Despina, hatching the plot that brought true love undone and left the four lovers in a trough of bewilderment. The comedy, to me, had an uncomfortable edge to it, the deceptions more unpleasant than funny. It was a very interesting interpretation.
When soldiers, Gugleilmo and Ferrando, boast about the fidelity of their fiancés, Fiordilgi and Dorabella, cynical Don Alfonso talks them into a plot to prove otherwise.
Disguised as Albanian nobles the soldiers are told to seduce the other’s woman, aided by the earthy Despina. Don Alfonso teaches them all the seduction tricks in the book and they work magic on the two innocent women, dressed in virginal white with ecclesiastical stoles to complete the image of purity.
Leanne Kenneally is Fiordilgi while Zoe Taylor sings Dorabella and they have some of the best music of the night with delightful duets and solos. Both have beautiful voices which made magic when they combined and were visually stunning. They were convincing actors too.
Shaun Brown as Gugleilmo and Dominic Walsh as Ferrando produced most of the comedy as a couple of bumbling soldiers and even more bumbling nobles and both sang with power and showed a true feel for the fun in Mozart’s music even when threatening murder and mayhem to the women they seduced.
They accepted no blame for themselves or for each other, just laid the blame on the women. “Typical men”, one female audience member muttered on the way out.
Stephen Bennett exuded a Dorian Gray-like world-weariness and cynicism as he played out his devilish plan to ruin the lives of four innocents and his dark voice helped his portrayal.
Particularly enjoyable was Emily Burke’s portrayal of Despina. She has a terrific voice and played the maid as someone with a wicked sense of humor which, in the old parlance, was no better than she should be and in modern terms a good time girl who enjoys her sex where she can get it. She added lightness where it was needed and her entrances were always eagerly greeted.
Overall it was a satisfying and enjoyable evening.
"Dominic Walsh sang and acted a perfect Nanki Poo"
The Barefoot Reviewer
"SOSA debutant Dominic J Walsh who sang with a ringing rich tenor, was pitch perfect."
Scenestr (5 Stars)
"Dominic J Walsh does particularly well as the street musician, Nanki Poo;
he plays the earnest lover well."
Glam Adelaide (5 Stars)
"Affectingly and clearly sung, praise must go to Dominic J. Walsh’s Nanki Poo"
Limelight Magazine (4.5 Stars)
"Dominic J. Walsh and Amelia Berry respectively bring these characters to life,
their on-stage partnership is very convincing."
The Clothesline (4.5 Stars)
As Ferrando in Cosi fan tutte for Clonter Opera
"Dominic Walsh (Ferrando) is a seriously impressive young tenor"
Manchester Evening News
As Nanki-poo in The Mikado for Opera Queensland:
Stage Whispers
The Courier Mail
Australian Stage
Stage Diary
Absolute Theatre
NewsBytes
As Ferrando in Cosi fan tutte for Opera Queensland:
(A review by Eric Scott in July 2011)
This was budget opera, a cast of six, five making a role debut, no chorus, and no huge elaborate set, but it was a pleasing and enthralling production and showed why the opera is one of the most performed throughout the world.
The night I attended, Virgilio Marino pulled out sick and understudy Dominic Walsh stepped up to sing Ferrando and settled into the role as if he had been playing it for years.
Mozart’s opera buffa is tuneful and fluffy and at other times powerful with wonderful thumping finales and the
Queensland Symphony Orchestra under Stephen Mould made the music joyful. Yet, under David Berthold’s reworking, it became a much darker story, with a satanic Don Alfonso and his henchwoman, Despina, hatching the plot that brought true love undone and left the four lovers in a trough of bewilderment. The comedy, to me, had an uncomfortable edge to it, the deceptions more unpleasant than funny. It was a very interesting interpretation.
When soldiers, Gugleilmo and Ferrando, boast about the fidelity of their fiancés, Fiordilgi and Dorabella, cynical Don Alfonso talks them into a plot to prove otherwise.
Disguised as Albanian nobles the soldiers are told to seduce the other’s woman, aided by the earthy Despina. Don Alfonso teaches them all the seduction tricks in the book and they work magic on the two innocent women, dressed in virginal white with ecclesiastical stoles to complete the image of purity.
Leanne Kenneally is Fiordilgi while Zoe Taylor sings Dorabella and they have some of the best music of the night with delightful duets and solos. Both have beautiful voices which made magic when they combined and were visually stunning. They were convincing actors too.
Shaun Brown as Gugleilmo and Dominic Walsh as Ferrando produced most of the comedy as a couple of bumbling soldiers and even more bumbling nobles and both sang with power and showed a true feel for the fun in Mozart’s music even when threatening murder and mayhem to the women they seduced.
They accepted no blame for themselves or for each other, just laid the blame on the women. “Typical men”, one female audience member muttered on the way out.
Stephen Bennett exuded a Dorian Gray-like world-weariness and cynicism as he played out his devilish plan to ruin the lives of four innocents and his dark voice helped his portrayal.
Particularly enjoyable was Emily Burke’s portrayal of Despina. She has a terrific voice and played the maid as someone with a wicked sense of humor which, in the old parlance, was no better than she should be and in modern terms a good time girl who enjoys her sex where she can get it. She added lightness where it was needed and her entrances were always eagerly greeted.
Overall it was a satisfying and enjoyable evening.