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Reviews
Dr Bartolo (Barber of Seville)
Iford Festival Opera 2009
'William Robert Allenby brought the right sense of bumbling frustration to Bartolo...'
Musical Criticism (Hugo Shirley)
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Dr Bartolo (Barber of Seville)
Iford Festival Opera 2009
'William Robert Allenby, who played Bartolo in last year's Figaro, gives full reign not only to his voice but his acting talents in this production.'
Fosse Way Magazine (GP-W)
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Vision of Lear (UK première)
Linbury Studio Theatre
ROH Covent Garden
'... a terrific cast with ... William Allenby's biting Cornwall'
Tom Sutcliffe
Evening Standard
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The Messiah
Halifax Choral Society
Victoria Theatre, Halifax
'Bass, William Robert Allenby, the voice of dire warnings and reminders of man's foolishness, harnessed dramatic emphasis to his natural musicality with ease.'
'This must rate as one of the best performances of Handel's Messiah the society has given.'
Julia Anderson
Halifax Evening Courier
2008
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baritones's gifted voice
William [Robert] Allenby's shrewdly planned recital, to do the best justice to his considerable gifts ... he has a baritone voice of fine quality throughout its compass and capable of giving the authentic thrill in the upper range.
... He was able to capture the right mood immediately, as in Ireland's 'See Fever' and Quilter's 'Go, lovely rose'. Particularly impressive were his accounts of the very demanding lied, notably Schubert's 'Ihr Bild' and Richard Strauss' 'Traum durch die Dämmerung', where his diction, true feeling for and moulding of long phrases, and climaxes in proportion to the moods, were excellent.
Peter Jaekel (piano) was his assured and musicianly partner.
Douglas Bowen - Daily Mail (Hull)
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