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Christian Pursell (another COC début) impressed in his brief appearances as unkempt and anxious escapee, Angelotti.
DR. JANE FORNER
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Christian Pursell (another COC début) impressed in his brief appearances as unkempt and anxious escapee, Angelotti.
DR. JANE FORNER
As the rebel/prison escapee Angelotti, a fourth debut for the COC mainstage, we had Christian Pursell. Excellently sung, brilliantly acted. His music with Cavaradossi was sung deliciously, their two voices brought out even better qualities in each other.
GREG FINNEY
The minor roles were all well taken, particularly the Spoletta of Canadian tenor Michael Colvin, and the Angelotti of American bass-baritone Christian Pursell.
JOSEPH SO
American bass-baritone Christian Pursell makes his COC debut as Angelotti, an escaped political prisoner
DENISE LAI
There was solid singing from the supporting cast: American bass-baritone Christian Pursell in his COC debut as Angelotti
DENISE LAI
A great and welcome surprise was bass-baritone Christian Pursell as Elmiro, Desdemona’s hot daddy.
RALPH MALACHOWSKI
Bass-baritone Christian Pursell made a memorable impression as Elmiro
CAMERON KELSALL
Rising Californian bass Christian Pursell, who today sings small parts in big houses and big ones in smaller ones, was (for me) the surprise of the evening.
ANDREW MORAVCSIK
In other company debuts, mezzo-soprano Sun-Ly Pierce and bass-baritone Christian Pursell displayed beautiful, resonant instruments and fine acting ability as Emilia (a larger role here than in Verdi) and Elmiro, Desdemona's implacable father.
DAVID SHENGOLD
Christian Pursell’s medium weight bass-baritone pleased in the music for Desdemona’s father Emilio, though casting a younger singer as this authority figure sacrificed verisimilitude in the dynamic between the overbearing father and vulnerable daughter.
ALEX BAKER