![]() ![]() ![]() "The same thing in Act V toward the end is where most of these tenors crash and burn. You have to convey this anger and and virility but also be calm, cool and collected within to not rip your chords apart." tweet this " I would say the hardest thing is keeping your cool during the fight scenes while you're singing. You have to convey this anger and and virility but also be calm, cool and collected within to not rip your chords apart." I would say the hardest thing is keeping your cool during the fight scenes while you're singing. "Towards the end of the opera there’s this kind of almost mad scene for the tenor because it's a long soliloquy that's in such a high tessitura after you’ve already sung four difficult acts and feats of vocal heights. "The reason it’s not done so often is it’s a warhorse," Spyres said. So with all these accolades, why isn't it done more often? This opera is the pinnacle of beauty and love in the operatic world." Everyone knows of Shakespeare and Gounod does such an amazing job of capturing Shakespeare's words, The entire libretto is remarkable. ![]() "This opera is one of the most grand is not the grand opera to do other than Gounod's Faust. It has been 12 years since Spyres first performed this opera in Dublin. HGO Artistic and Music Director Patrick Summers approached Spyres about doing this opera about 2-1/2 years ago, the tenor said. It’s quite a wonderful experience to spend more than 24 hours in Houston." It was an impressive debut at HGO for Spyres, who returns this month as one of the title characters in Romeo and Juliet and described his return engagement as "much more calm to be honest. In what became legend, Spyres sang the role of Fernand in La favorite standing on one side of the stage while the assistant director for the Houston Grand Opera production walked the role. In January 2020, tenor Michael Spyres flew in from New York City as a last minute, matinee performance substitute for the ailing superstar Lawrence Brownlee. ![]()
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