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Bach's Christmas Oratorio
St John Smith Square, LondonDec 2023Davies’s “Grosser Herr” had a compelling authority,
- Boyd Tonkin, The Arts Desk
- 23 December 2023
Parry's Prometheus Unbound
Sep 2023Neal Davies’s bass is broader than in former years, and all the better suited to the kind of Wotan-size declamation demanded of him here.
- Peter Quantrill, Gramophone
- 30 September 2023
The four soloists on the disc – Sarah Fox, Sarah Connolly, David Butt Philip and Neal Davies – are all exemplary, as is Vann’s direction, the playing and chorus. This is a historic, sublime and essential recording.
- Simon Heffer, The Telegraph
- 09 September 2023
Elgar's The Dream of Gerontius
Bridgewater Hall, ManchesterJun 2023Neal Davies’ Priest and Angel of the Agony brought gravitas and comfort to Gerontius’ bedside in Part 1, and pleaded imploringly for his soul in Part 2.
- Rohan Shotton, Bachtrack
- 07 June 2023
Neal Davies gave us an authoritative priest and angel of the agony, his oaky tone a welcome contrast.
- Rebecca Franks, The Times
- 05 June 2023
Neal Davies, as the Priest and Angel of the Agony, made himself heard through every texture by a combination of finely projected tone and exemplary enunciation...
- Robert Beale, Artsdesk
- 12 June 2023
Mozart's Magic Flute
Birmingham HippodromeMay 2023Bringing stage charisma to the fore was bass-baritone Neal Davies as Papageno, who interpreted the character with a casual informality and humour that matched Evans' libretto perfectly.
- Robert Gainer, Bachtrack
- 04 May 2023
Handel's Music for the Royals
City Halls, GlasgowMar 2023Bass baritone Neal Davies was similarly unmistakable, particularly on his solo aria.
- Keith Bruce, The Herland
- 26 March 2023
Gilbert & Sullivan's The Yeomen of the Guard
London ColiseumNov 2022And there are excellent performances on stage, particularly from Neal Davies as an avuncular Sergeant Meryll...
- Richard Morrison, The Times
- 04 November 2022
...and the bass-baritone Neal Davies, a canny Sergeant Meryll, can sing Handel or Janáček or Ryan Wigglesworth with equal aplomb.
- Fiona Maddocks, The Guardian
- 12 November 2022
Handel's Serse
St. Martin in the FieldsMay 2022Handel’s Serse returned on Thursday to London, city of its 1738 world premiere, with conductor Harry Bicket, the English Concert, and a cast with no weak link... As Ariodate (father of both Romilda and Atalanta), Neil Davies makes a two-dimensional character lively and believable at every turn.
- Alastair Macaulay, Slipped Disc
- 06 May 2022
Two quality men supported the phalanx of female power... the always-underrated Neal Davies, looking as if butter wouldn’t melt, gave a more understated but perfectly focused characterisation, this time of smug opportunism which buckles at the last moment.
- David Nice, The Arts Desk
- 06 May 2022
D’Angelo led an outstanding cohort of singers to whom this idiom is now second nature: Paula Murrihy’s fine Arsamene and Daniela Mack’s dark-hued Amastre completed the female dominance in the cast, nobly supported by the male voices of Neal Davies as Ariodate and William Dazeley’s comic Elviro.
- Nicholas Kenyon, The Telegraph
- 06 May 2022
Mozart's Così fan tutte (Don Alfonso)
London ColiseumMar 2022...the ever-reliable Neal Davies gives a masterclass in vocal projection as Don Alfonso...
- Richard Morrison, The Times
- 15 March 2022
Bach's St John Passion
Battersea Arts Centre, LondonApr 2021...Neal Davies’s intense singing of Mein teurer Heiland was the most compelling thing.
- Richard Morrison, The Times
- 05 April 2021