LaurenceKilsby

/
Tenor
Scroll for more

Press

  • Schubert L'autre voyage

    Opera Comique
    Feb 2024

    • À ses côtés, le ténor Laurence Kilsby qui offre une nuance délicate à son chant.

    • le ténor Laurence Kilsby, tout en finesse, et le grandiose Stéphane Degout, en majesté, tout simplement bouleversant. [translated] the tenor Laurence Kilsby, full of finesse, and the grandiose Stéphane Degout, in majesty, quite simply overwhelming.

  • Berlioz Les Troyens

    Monteverdi Choir and Orchestra / BBC Proms
    Sep 2023

    • From the strong ensemble cast, the tenor Laurence Kilsby (Iopas/Hylas) sang his two arias with poetic ardour.

    • …the sweet tenor of young Laurence Kilsby gilded the special moments of both Iopas and Hylas.

    • …and Laurence Kilsby, who sang the arias of Iopas and Hylas exquisitely.

    • Laurence Kilsby fluted the poetic solos of Iopas and Hylas subtly with his high, light tenor.

    • — other standouts included mezzo-soprano Beth Taylor as Dido’s fun gossipy sister Anna, and tenor Laurence Kilsby who managed to make the entire hall go quiet as he sang to the Carthaginian court.

  • Monteverdi I L'incoronazione di Poppea

    Festival d’Aix-en-Provence
    Aug 2022

    • Tenor Laurence Kilsby made a very good impression in the role of Nerone’s poet Lucano. His centerpiece was to take part in a drunken revelry which gave rise to the more debauched activities, such as mocking Seneca’s corpse by using it as what appeared to be a ventriloquist’s dummy, for which he displayed good acting skills. He also successfully essayed the roles of Tribuno, Saldato I and Famigliare II.

    • Laurence Kilsby, toujours excellent dans son quatuor de rôles (Lucano/Soldato I/Famigliare II/Tribuno) détient une suavité d’émission et de couleur qui rappelle les accents propres au chant sacré, alors même qu’il se plie à une séance de jeu sexuel à trois avec Néron et Poppée. Le corps chante également sous la caresse voisée de ses partenaires

    • Laurence Kilsby, Riccardo Romeo et Yannis François complètent avec charme et bonheur cette distribution hors pair au service d’un Couronnement de Poppée, auquel il est difficile d’apporter le moindre bémol. C’est, assurément, l’un des temps forts, voire « le » temps fort, de l’édition 2022 du Festival d’Aix-en-Provence.

  • Bach Johannes-Passion

    Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment/Mark Padmore
    Mar 2022

    • The evening’s discovery for me was young tenor Laurence Kilsby, who made every detail tell in his anguished aria contemplating the tormented body of Chris

    • The soloists, however, were a strong team who punched through the narrative. The mezzo Paula Murrihy’s Es ist vollbracht was searing, and Mary Bevan’s dewy soprano sparkled. There were also two young singers to watch. I prefer a weightier JC than Steffani’s Jesus offered, but the baritone has beautifully rounded tone. And the tenor Laurence Kilsby shaped an especially elegant and affecting Erwäge wie sein blutgefärbter.

    • Laurence Kilsby sang his three tenor arias from memory and with enormous composure, making much of the text. The striking opening appeal, “Consider”, and extended vocal phrases of ‘Erwäge, wie sein blutgefärbter Rücken’ were executed with masterful control of breath and tone, and Kilsby’s fine structuring of the whole was complemented by shapely violin playing from Margaret Faultless and Rodolfo Richter

    • Laurence Kilsby’s tenor voice must be one of the most ingratiating of his generation, and it was good to hear the rhythms of “Ach mein Sinn” (“Alas my conscience”) lifted rather than smoothed out. His “Erwäge, wie sein blutgefärbter Rücken” (“Consider how his blood-stained back”) was vocally enthralling throughout its unusual length.

  • Sondheim A Little Night Music

    Opera North
    Jul 2021

    • [Henrik] is played by talented newcomer to the stage, tenor Laurence Kilsby, who delivers religious rants convincingly, never quite going over the top.

    • Henrik Egerman is, to a certain extent, a thankless role, constantly moping and with a killer opening number. Laurence Kilsby gave a dramatic account of this opening number, and throughout made Henrik dramatically interesting as well as finely sung.

    • Laurence Kilsby’s mix of priggishness and sexual torment as Henrik is horribly convincing…