“Returning to the COC after his fine Colline in La boheme last season, American bass-baritone Brandon Cedel was a vivid Basilio, his “La calunnia” a highlight of the evening.” Jenna Simeonov, The Globe and Mail, 20 January 2020 “Brandon Cedel is a booming Don Basilio, likely an accidental nod to the unmistakable speaking voice of a professional voice teacher.” Their chemistry is palpable and Cedel is masterful at commanding the stage with a presence that seems to dwarf all those around him.” Soprano Mané Galoyan has a silken vocal delivery as Don Giovanni’s violated conquest. “Bass-baritone Brandon Cedel’s Don Giovanni is appropriately arrogant and cavalier and his vocal performance impeccable. Cedel amped up his singing little by little as the evening progressed, providing fluid recitative, a sotto voce rendition of “Deh vieni alla finestra,” eventually delivering brash, emboldened singing just before meeting his ultimate demise at the hand of Leporello, played by Milanese bass-baritone Giovanni Romeo.” “Conductor Jan Latham-Koenig and stage director Kristine McIntyre led a nearly ideal cast, beginning with Brandon Cedel’s Giovanni, which was dashing-to say the least-as evidenced by the breadth of his vocalism and the physicality that permeated his interactions with every other character. His many roles for Oper Frankfurt include Masetto, Sprecher Die Zauberflöte, Lieutenant Ratcliffe Billy Budd, Argante, Ariodate Xerxes, Cesare Angelotti Tosca, Brander La damnation de Faust and Achior in Mozart’s La Betulia Liberata. Recent appearances include the title role in Le nozze di Figaro for the Glyndebourne Festival the title role in Hercules for the Karlsruhe Handel Festival Dan Brown in the world premiere of The Hours with the Philadelphia Orchestra/Yannick Nézet-Séguin Zuniga Carmen for the Chicago Opera Theater Masetto Don Giovanni for the Metropolitan Opera and the Lyric Opera of Chicago Leporello Don Giovanni and Argante Rinaldo for the Glyndebourne Festival Collatinus The Rape of Lucretia for the Boston Lyric Opera the title role in Le nozze di Figaro for Opera Philadelphia and the Stuttgart Staatsoper and Colline La bohème and Basilio Il barbiere di Siviglia for the Canadian Opera Company. On the concert platform, he sings Levite in an international tour of Handel’s Solomon with The English Concert under Harry Bicket and Christus in Bach’s Matthäus-Passion with Music of the Baroque under Dame Jane Glover. Highlights in his 2022/23 season include Dan Brown in the Metropolitan Opera’s new production of Kevin Puts’ The Hours the title role in Hercules at the Karlsruhe Handel Festival the title role in Don Giovanni for the Atlanta Opera and a return to the Glyndebourne Festival as Bottom in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. American Bass-baritone Brandon Cedel is a recent graduate of the Metropolitan Opera’s Lindemann Young Artist Development Program, and was an ensemble member of Oper Frankfurt from 2016-2019.
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