
The New York Premiere production with Joseph Shore as Salieri, Ron Gentry as Mozart from the Chamber Opera THeatre of New York, Thaddeus Motyka director, Ainslee Cox and Henry Mollicone conductors. "Chamber Opera Theatre's performance and production were thoroughly admirable, including the staging by Thaddeus Motyka. Both operas (sung clearly in good English translations) were cast with splendid singing actors, including Ron Gentry as a Mozart not far removed fromTim Curry and Joseph Shore as a Salieri on an Ian McKellen level. Indeed when Shore broke down while reading the opening of Mozart's Requiem after giving his rival poison, it was a moving moment of truth comparable to anything in AMADEUS." Bill Zakariasen, NEW YORK DAILY NEWS "Baritone Joseph Shore was superb as Salieri, his voice full and flexible, his acting on a level rarely seen on the operatic stage." Peter Goodman, NEWSDAY • "MOZART AMD SALIERI is almost a monologue for Salieri and it was handled beautifully here, both musically and dramatically, by Joseph Shore, the 1981 winner of the Bruce Yarnell Memorial Award for Baritones." Glenne Currie,UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL "Joseph Shore...gave a fully engrossing, richly characterful portrayal, breaking into very convincing desolation at the climactic moment when Mozart's Requiem wells up from the orchestra." Jack Heimenz, MUSICAL AMERICA "The one-act, two role opera is Rimsky-Korsakov's setting of Pushkin's dramatic poem in which Salieri, not Mozart, is the <b>...</b>
Rimsky-Korsakov
Russian opera
Joseph Shore
Ron Gentry
great productions in opera
Oscar
Levant