Jeremy
Huw Williams (baritôn)
Adolygiadau / Reviews
The Electrification of the Soviet Union (Osborne)
"Jeremy Huw Williams projected a powerful personality and easily dominated the performance"
Rodney Milnes, Opera, September 2002
"Another compelling portrayal for Jeremy Huw Williams to add to his portfolio"
Christopher Morley, Birmingham Post, 18 November 2002
"Jeremy Huw Williams is outstanding as Spectorsky, uncomprehending and bewildered as if caught in a maelstrom"
Lynne Walker, Independent, 23 July 2002
"Jeremy Huw Williams gives a compelling performance as Serezha"
Rian Evans, Guardian, 15 July 2002
"Seryozha's paean to the Prostitute's body parts, memorably realised (and superbly sung here by Jeremy Huw Williams)"
David Fanning, Daily Telegraph, 19 July 2002
"The sensitve poet Spectorsky (portrayed with a vivid intensity by Jeremy Huw Williams)"
Lynne Walker, Herald, 18 July 2002
"Jeremy Huw Williams, as Serezha, leads an excellent cast"
Paul Driver, Sunday Times, 21 July 2002
"The cast is first-rate, especially in the care they take to project Raine's text over Osborne's occasionally over-optimistic brass: Jeremy Huw Williams singing strongly as Serezha"
Rodney Milnes, The Times, 15 July 2002
"Outstanding in the cast of seven is Jeremy Huw Williams, the protagonist, a baritone of sure tone, mobile features, vivid presence, and clear words"
Andrew Porter, Times Literary Supplement, 19 July 2002
"Serezha is played with some virtuosity, plenty of intensity, by Jeremy Huw Williams, who conveys the anguish of writer's block"
Michael Tanner, Spectator, 16 November 2002
The
Nose (Shostakovich)
"The figure of Major Kovalev, superbly sung and acted by Jeremy Huw
Williams, attains near-tragic status"
Pauline Fairclough, Guardian, 17 July 2001
"Jeremy Huw Williams as the unfortunate Kovalyov deprived of his olfactory
organ, was a model of clarity and charismatic stage-presence"
Christopher Morley, Birmingham Post, 6 July 2001
"Jeremy Huw Williams in the lead role, the fellow who loses his nose,
was outstanding",
Andrew Porter, Times Literary Supplement, 29 June 2001
"A versatile cast attacks the difficult music with verve, pattering
out words and notes with considerable clarity, and amazingly, without
much loss of tone. Jeremy Huw Williams's distraught Kovalyov is finely
judged"
David Blewitt, The Stage, 21 June 2001
"Jeremy Huw Williams gave a performance of inspired madness and despair
as Kovalev"
Robert Thicknesse, Times, 19 June 2001
"The cast rose heroically to their challenges with Jeremy Huw Williams
leading the way"
David Fanning, Telegraph, 20 July 2001
Of Mice and Men (Floyd)
'Le baryton gallois Jeremy Huw Williams est parfait pour le personnage
de George, malin et à l'intelligence vive',
Opéra International, Janvier 2000
'Une distribution fort honorable menée par un George Milton de grande
classe, Jeremy Huw Williams facile et élégant',
La Croix, 2/12/99
'Le voix de Jeremy Huw Williams (George) est superbe',
Presse Océan, 29/11/99
'Le baryton Jeremy Huw Williams est remarquable',
Ouest France, 29/11/99
'Jeremy Huw Williams (George), d'une poignante sincérité',
Les Echos, 29/11/99
'The composer does demand a great deal of stage personality in the two
leading roles, and in this cast he got it. Welsh baritone Jeremy Huw Williams
made much of the quick-thinking and crafty George. The rest of the cast
were not up to this formidable level',
Opera Now, March/April 2000
The Rape of Lucretia (Britten)
'Jeremy Huw Williams a Tarquinius with no redeeming morality whatsoever
- first-rate',
Andrew Clements, Guardian, 14 July 1999
'Jeremy Huw Williams's Tarquinius was a noble savage',
Michael Kennedy, Sunday Telegraph, 18 July 1999, p. 8
'Jeremy Huw Williams a properly lascivious and foxy Tarquinius',
Fiona Maddocks, Observer, 18 July 1999
'There was nothing disengaged about the lusty vocalism of Tarquinius
(Jeremy Huw Williams)',
Paul Driver, The Sunday Times, 18 July 1999, p. 20 (Culture)
'Jeremy Huw Williams is outstandingly good',
Rodney Milnes, The Times, 21 July 1999, p. 46
'Jeremy Huw Williams was magnetic',
Mark Pappenheim, Express, 17 July 1999
'The brilliantly oily Jeremy Huw Williams, jerking during the ravishment
like a loathsome frog',
Christopher Morley, Birmingham Post, 14 July 1999
'Jeremy Huw Williams was absolutely first-rate',
Rodney Milnes, Opera, October 1999, p. 1219
Till Eulenspiegel (Karetnikov)
"La distribution est d'une fabuleuse homogénéité vocale et jouent avec
un total engagement, à commencer par le superbe baryton gallois Jeremy
Huw Williams (Till)",
Le Figaro, 29/3/99
"C'est à un jeune chanteur, habitué de la scène nantaise qu'il a confié
le rôle principal, un chanteur gallois, avait emporté un vif succès dans
Cosi fan tutte la saison dernière. Jeremy Huw Williams (un Till convaincant
faisant parfois penser à Roberto Benigni) a su assumer un exercise périlleux
avec un talent généreux, sereinement héroique",
Presse Océan, 28/3/99
"Jeremy Huw Williams, Till qui se maintient sans cesse sur le fil du
rasoir, entre farce et tragédie",
Michel Parouty, Les Echos, 29/3/99
"Les chanteurs défendent également avec conviction cette création mondiale
en langue originale, spécialement Jeremy Huw Williams, vocalement et dramatiquement
idéal dans le rôle titre",
Philippe Herlin, Le Concertographe, 26/3/99
Punch and Judy (Birtwistle)
'Jeremy Huw Williams brought a splendidly controlled, burnished tone
to the role of the quasi-Greek Chorus commentator, Choregos',
Barry Millington, The Times, 7 July 1998, p.19
'Deep poignancy invested in the lyrical lines by the admirable Jeremy
Huw Williams',
Rian Evans, Western Mail, 6 July 1998, p.8
'The superb Jeremy Huw Williams, here a ringmaster intent on control
and obedience',
Nick Kimberley, Independent, 8 July 1998
'Jeremy Huw Williams is a suave Choregos',
Christopher Morley, Birmingham Post, 6 July 1998
'Jeremy Huw Williams' diction is excellent',
Christopher Morley, Birmingham Post, 24 November 1998
'Jeremy Huw Williams delighting the audience with the highly accomplished,
burnished quality of his voice',
Rian Evans, Western Mail, 5 November 1998
Church
Parables (Britten)
"Best of all Jeremy Huw Williams as a firm-toned Ferryman in Curlew
River and slippery Astrologer in Furnace"
Andrew Clements, Guardian, 31 March 1997
"He can act too, as could Jeremy Huw Williams's meticulously gestured
ferryman. Williams's Abbott, who frames the final fiery parable, was superbly
projected"
Roderic Dunnett, Independent, 5 March 1997
"Jeremy Huw Williams a bold, bluntly assertive Ferryman"
Michael White, Independent on Sunday, 9 March 1997
"Fine support from Jeremy Huw Williams as the Ferryman"
Hugh Canning, Sunday Times, 23 March 1997
"Among the excellent singers, Jeremy Huw Williams was outstanding"
Michael Kennedy, Sunday Telegraph, 9 March 1997
"Jeremy Huw Williams radiated sinister magnetism as the ferryman. There
was more strong singing from Williams as the Astrologer."
Rupert Christiansen, Telegraph, 19 June 1997
Datganiadau
/ Recitals
"Surely anyone looking forward to the recital by the baritone Jeremy Huw
Williams at St David's Hall could not have been disappointed. From the
outset, one could not but be struck by Jeremy's dynamic control, clarity
of diction and general gracefulness and wit of delivery. He seemed to
play the part of each song with both professional care and heart-felt
relish and has a robust and sensitive artistry at his command, of which
he and we here in Wales should be very proud."
David Reid, The Post, 1 March 2001
"A singer making a new path for himself while climbing to the top of
his profession is Jeremy Huw Williams. This thoughtful baritone is carving
his own niche by venturing in the field of contemporary music, an area
that has been neglected by so many of our singers. Getting to grips with
the works of contemporary composers demands more than a voice. Intelligence
is crucial, not to mention musical skill and vocal talent. One of his
original and creative attributes is his keenness to commission and promote
contemporary composers. He has succeeded in developing a skilled and subtle
presentation technique and his recent unique recital at St David's Hall
revealed a highly talented and intelligent singer."
Wynne Lloyd, Cymro, 25 January 2000
"Jeremy Huw Williams has leapt to be one of the best and most musical
soloists of his generation, proving again and again why he was chosen
to represent Wales in the Cardiff Singer of the World in 1993. In years
to come, Wales's debt to this singer will be more appreciated. Jeremy
has been responsible for enlarging the repertoire of Welsh songs over
the last few years, providing an extremely valuable source for singers
of the future."
Wynne Lloyd, Western Mail, 12 June 1999
"Jeremy Huw Williams relishes the challenge of communicating new, fresh
sounds to his listeners and that was evident from the passion with which
he delivered the expansive and lyrical phrases. Williams's velvety baritone
gets better and better and his natural affinity for narrative allows him
to add drama and colour to a song. His Ravel was delightful, by turns
playful. Contemplative and swaggering, an accomplished performance."
Rian Evans, Western Mail, 19 May 1999
"Our hopes rest with this confident baritone. It is indeed a beautiful
sound with a remarkably ample tone. Given his background at Cambridge,
the intelligence and care with which he used his voice were only to be
expected. Wales can boast of another excellent baritone."
Rian Evans, Western Mail, 9 June 1993
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