Dulcamara - L’Elisir D’Amore, Donizetti
Longborough Festival Opera, 2023
“In this energetic young cast, Emyr Wyn Jones offers a rich, vibrant voice – and some groovy dance moves – to complement his big personality”
“Emyr Wyn Jones, who sang Leporello here in 2019, takes the stage by storm as Dulcamara. His powerful and assertive bass-baritone is utilised to excellent effect, and his commanding presence helps us to enjoy the character as a loveable rogue, even though we are never allowed to forget the serious consequences of deceit”
“LFO fields fine singers and singers who can act, none more so than, bass-baritone Emyr Wyn Jones ”
“Dulcamara himself is brilliantly conveyed by Emyr Wyn Jones, more of a Del Boy drinks purveyor …but also purveyor of convincing patter, a far more engaging assumption of character than we usually see in tedious old men portrayals”
“Authoritative of manner and imposing of tone, he proved a deft salesman in ‘Udite, udite, o rustici’”
“He is matched in acting ability and richness of voice, not to mention some cool dance moves, by the Dulcamara from Emyr Wyn Jones who just gets better and better”
“Her final duet with Emyr Wyn Jones’s quack Dulcamara is a high spot of the evening…. Wyn Jones is a no less incisive Dulcamara, a brilliantly articulate patterer, and with suitably dark colourings for this fraudulent, mountebank medicine man”
