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David Ronis |
Critical Acclaim"An especially neat touch was ... the handling of Don Basilio, amusingly
epicene in David Ronis' characterization." "The comic tenor roles of Don Basilio and Don Curzio were sung by the inestimable
and inimitable David Ronis. His voice is so malleable that his characterizations
have a vocal life of their own. Ronis, playing Basilio, the most cartoonish
character in the opera, came across as the most real because he at least was
in touch with the humanity of the effete toady." "David Ronis made his Dancing Master a lithe Fred Astaire look-alike." "David Ronis made for a thoroughly vile and despicable Monostatos." "Craftily stealing every scene in which he appeared, David Ronis was a
perfect Basilio/Curzio with a rubber face and a strong, comically flexible
voice." "The other roles were terrific... [featuring] David Ronis in some splendid
character parts." "David Ronis' Goro, the marriage broker, was a special treat. This westernized,
Japanese businessman plays both sides of the fence and with Ronis' performance,
is slimy, yet entertaining..." "Tenor David Ronis was outstanding as Don Basilio... in a marvelous characterization
straight out of Sheridan's School for Scandal." "While watching Ronis deftly squeeze the last ounce out of this minor role
[Dr. Blind], it was not hard to see why he has a career in such parts." "David Ronis shaped each servant lovingly, especially a fussy, Frenchified
Cochenille and the deaf, artistically inclined Frantz." "David Ronis was a wonderfully sinister Goro." "David Ronis as Goro, the avaricious marriage broker, made the character's
nature clear from the first scene on." |