Press reception of Fernando's recent portrayal of the title role in Monteverdi's L'Orfeo (in a production of the Festival d'Ambronay) has been nothing less than enthusiastic! Here's some of what's being said:
Fernando Guimarães officiates as Orfeo. A mature and complete singer, he performs his role with perfect mastery. His acting is equally controlled. The different melismas and runs of his role are correct and expressive. The text is clear, very good italian pronunciation. | Ayrton Desimpelaere – Crescendo (BE)
...Fernando Guimarães, a very experienced tenor, showed once again his vocal and dramatic qualities... | Jaime Estapá i Argemí – Webthea (FR)
…the young Portuguese tenor Fernando Guimarães sang Orfeo, an overwhelming part which he assured with style, mastery and musicality… | Martine Mergeay – La Libre (BE)
Fernando Guimarães officiates as Orfeo. A mature and complete singer, he performs his role with perfect mastery. His acting is equally controlled. The different melismas and runs of his role are correct and expressive. The text is clear, very good italian pronunciation. | Ayrton Desimpelaere – Crescendo (BE)
...Fernando Guimarães, a very experienced tenor, showed once again his vocal and dramatic qualities... | Jaime Estapá i Argemí – Webthea (FR)
…the young Portuguese tenor Fernando Guimarães sang Orfeo, an overwhelming part which he assured with style, mastery and musicality… | Martine Mergeay – La Libre (BE)
Style, virtuosity, youth: he has everything - or almost (...) to play the demigod and he shows more than once to be touched by grace. | Bernard Schreuders – Forum Opéra (FR)
... the Portuguese tenor imposes himself by his virtuosity and, in an inverse phenomenon, gains in vocal assurance as Orfeo, struck by misfortune, loses its luster, its initial tuxedo gradually shredding. | Laurent Bury – Forum Opéra (FR)
His timbre is soft and sensible, his projection nuanced. There's no doubt that as each new production allows him to meet this role, he will become Orfeo, this melancholic demigod, a role he's made for. | Monique Parmentier – ODB-Opera (FR)
Tenor Fernando Guimarães gives the title role the fair scope of the character, between the freshness of loving transport of Act I and the long and poignant monodic lament in Act II, until his final revolt against the irrecoverable loss of his loved one. | Roland Duclos – Forum Opera (FR)
[Fernando Guimarães] reveals himself a very convincing Orfeo. | Alfred Caron – L’Avant-Scène Opéra (FR)
... the Portuguese tenor imposes himself by his virtuosity and, in an inverse phenomenon, gains in vocal assurance as Orfeo, struck by misfortune, loses its luster, its initial tuxedo gradually shredding. | Laurent Bury – Forum Opéra (FR)
His timbre is soft and sensible, his projection nuanced. There's no doubt that as each new production allows him to meet this role, he will become Orfeo, this melancholic demigod, a role he's made for. | Monique Parmentier – ODB-Opera (FR)
Tenor Fernando Guimarães gives the title role the fair scope of the character, between the freshness of loving transport of Act I and the long and poignant monodic lament in Act II, until his final revolt against the irrecoverable loss of his loved one. | Roland Duclos – Forum Opera (FR)
[Fernando Guimarães] reveals himself a very convincing Orfeo. | Alfred Caron – L’Avant-Scène Opéra (FR)
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