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| Dramatic tenor role. A young man whose wife Marie has recently died. |
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| SFO Paul History |
| Aria Database for Paul |
| 2008-2009 |
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| Tenor Torsten Kerl was palatable enough as Paul, there were times when his voice did not quite cut through the orchestra, though he was always audible./ Tattler |
| Singing the lead role of Paul was German tenor Torsten Kerl, whose initial high notes sounded a little squeezed. Later, however, his heldentenor broadened and melded beautifully with the soaring, Isolde-like soprano of Emily Magee in the dual role of Marie/Marietta../ Insidebay
Torsten Kerl's debut as Paul was less persuasive, relying on a small stock of stage gestures and a tight, effortful little tenor that only rarely encompassed the full Romantic sweep of Korngold's writing./ SFGate |
| A Triumph of Casting and Singing To begin with the singing, German tenor Torsten Kerl (portraying Paul) is a wonder whose ringing voice � tailor-made for Strauss, Wagner, and the like � is capable of both masculine heft and a touch of sweetness. Solid throughout the range, with not a hint of forced tone, his instrument sears with passion. Although Runnicles left him few opportunities to employ the Tauber-like falsetto he brought to the 2001 Op�ra National du Rhin production of the opera (on Arthaus Musik DVD), he seems capable of caressing a note as easily as hurling it across the footlights. / SFCV |