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RYAN McKINNY
NEWS PRAISE FOR TRISTAN UND ISOLDE “Baritone Ryan McKinny could not have sung Kurwenal any better. As Tristan's trusted aide-de-camp with unbounded loyalty, McKinney, with handsome stage presence to spare and voice to die for, was positively riveting. (Anyone who can tie a bowtie while also maneuvering through Wagner is above reproach!)” -Houston Press ...more “His command of his instrument, the power he can put behind his voice, and his perceptive faithfulness to both Tristan and Isolde thoroughly engages the audience and serves to make Kurwenal's death the most tragic in the production." -Broadway World ...more "Ryan McKinny a movie-star like Kurwenal with a commanding technique" -Houston CultureMap ...more “As the protagonists' friends, Brangäne and Kurwenal, Claudia Mahnke and Ryan McKinny sang with a dynamism that enabled them to add their own impact to the story. The bite of McKinny's voice especially suited Loy's staging, which has Kurwenal treating Isolde as if Tristan were worthier than she - intensifying Isolde's fury." -Houston Chronicle ...more http://blogs.houstonpress.com/artattack/2013/04/tristan_and_isolde_at_the_hous.phphttp://opera.broadwayworld.com/article/BWW-Reviews-HGOs-TRISTAN-AND-ISOLDE-is-Immaculately-Profound-Riveting-and-Unforgettable-20130422http://houston.culturemap.com/news/entertainment/04-21-13-itristan-and-isoldei-is-crowning-achievement-of-houston-grand-opera-season-but-its-likely-to-drive-you-mad/http://www.chron.com/entertainment/arts-theater/article/Swedish-soprano-commanding-in-HGO-s-Tristan-and-4454360.phpshapeimage_6_link_0shapeimage_6_link_1shapeimage_6_link_2shapeimage_6_link_3