| Umberto Chiummo baritone |
| In SFO 2005-2006 Season Garibaldo* - Rodelinda |
| The scheming Don Basilio, played by Italian bass Umberto Chiummo, also gives an admirable performance with his deep and rich vocal timbre, which is especially effective in the quintet of the second act. (Review-The Barber of Seville) |
| Umberto Chiummo shows considerable promise as Masetto (and the Commendatore). (Review- Don Giovanni) |
| As to Umberto Chiummo's performance, I was fascinated by his mastery of the stage, his nonchalant and feline agility, like a panther. When he rolled his eyes and cast his fiery look on the audience you could feel a shiver of both fear and pleasure run through the people, as in the famous cigarette aria when he smashes his cigarette against the little boy's butterfly, symbolising the brutal murder of an innocent child, using vibrato to accentuate the cruelty of the gesture. His comic scenes, his intrigues and his confrontation with Bertarido's faithful counsellor, Unulfo, were much appreciated by the audience, all the more remarkable as, in this kind of opera, it is difficult to use comic effects without falling into burlesque or parody. And I enjoyed Chiummo's singing quite a lot too. His voice is sinewy, with a noble and penetrating tone, a timbre as robust and shining as ebony. (2002-Th��tre du Ch�telet, Paris) |
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| CAST A Performance Dates Sat 9/17, Wed 9/21, Sun 9/25, Thr 9/29, Sun 10/2 |
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| SFO 2005 Review Out-Takes: Bass Umberto Chiummo's Garibaldo was a splendid villain, suiting the film noir setting in both voice and bearing./ SF Classical Voice The villain, Garibaldo (bass Umberto Chiummo), may be singing, but what one hears in the word-free part of the arias is cruel laughter. He urges Grimoaldo to power to gain power himself. He is as insinuating as Shakespeare's Iago, but he is also a modern-day hit-man./ Daily Republic Umberto Chiummo made a superb company debut as Garibaldo, singing with robust precision and infusing his vocal lines with an audible malevolent snarl./ SF GATE |
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