REVIEWS AND PRESS CLIPS

The young Spanish tenor Rafael Vazquez is a huge talent, a real discovery as Riccardo in Hagen being this his German debut. Vazquez has a beautiful, well-run voice, with which he can characterize the Count not only powerfully but also with lyrical accents.- Der Westen-

"The dashing Spanish tenor (Rafael Vazquez) as Manrico bounded with passion and energy, his full-throttle Italianate voice breezed through this most demanding of tenor roles."

"Rafael Vazquez Sanchis has all the Latin looks and easy charm of the perfect Duke, is certainly young enough for a teenager to fall for, and can do the Verdian tenor thing with dash and style, top Cs and all. He, too, I predict will grow further as a singer and become a pretty hot property. The duet in act one deservedly drew applause." (Manchester Evening News)

"The Spaniard Rafael Vazquez Sanchis brought a sensuous ardour to the role of the Duke, his opening ballata glinting with supple energy. In the third acts Bella figlia dell amore, he and Una McMahons sparky Maddalena were an aptfoil, in their exquisitely shaped outpouring, to thefragmentary emotional commentary of Thorpe and Forbes" (Opera Now)

Among the male voices, tenor Rafael Vázquez Sanchís (Rodolfo) standed out with a beautiful and well tempered voice of notable power. ...(Ultima hora Ibiza)

"Rafael Vázquez...has the lyrical tenor weight that Ravel needs. "(Evening Standard)

"Rafael Vázquez's Ferrando floats effortlessly above the stave, but encounters greater difficulty removing the safety cap from his bottle of poison.(The Guardian)"

"...and the Italianate tenor Rafael Vazquez - a notable discovery." ( The Independent )

Press Clips:

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Manchester Evening News Rigoletto 2009

Opera Now review for Rigoletto 2009

"La Ricordanza" Alicante April 2006

Información 12 january 2006 (Alicante/Spain)

Información 14 July 2005 (Alicante/Spain)

Interview Diario Información(Alicante/Spain)

Reviews:

"Rafael Vazquez Sanchis has all the Latin looks and easy charm of the perfect Duke, is certainly young enough for a teenager to fall for, and can do the Verdian tenor thing with dash and style, top Cs and all. He, too, I predict will grow further as a singer and become a pretty hot property. The duet in act one deservedly drew applause."

(Manchester Evening News)

"The Spaniard Rafael Vazquez Sanchis brought a sensuous ardour to the role of the Duke, hisopening ballata glinting with supple energy. In the third act’s ‘Bella figlia dell’ amore’, he and Una McMahon’s sparky Maddalena were an aptfoil, in their exquisitely shaped outpouring, to thefragmentary emotional commentary of Thorpe and Forbes" (Opera Now)

“Among the male voices, tenor Rafael Vázquez Sanchís (Rodolfo) standed out with a beautiful and well tempered voice of notable power. ...(Ultima hora Ibiza)

"Rafael Vázquez's Ferrando floats effortlessly above the stave, but encounters greater difficulty removing the safety cap from his bottle of poison.(The Guardian)"

"Rafael Vázquez displayed some particularly beautiful vocal wares as Ferrando, his mature voice belying the fact that he has just graduated from the Guildhall School..."(Opera Magazine)

"tenor Rafael Vázquez as Renzo( he'll be an accomplished Verdian hero one day soon)...making a particularly striking impresion..." ( Evening Standard )

"Most notable in the second cast was Rafael Vásquez, who had given up lucrative prospects in International Law to switch to singing, as he discussed with Sean Rafferty on Radio 3. He made a great deal of his role as the twin Renzo, and his diction was impeccable. " (Musical Pointers)

"...The spanish tenor Rafael Vázquez(fine voice) played Gonsalve as a randy caricature(so what is the problem?)" (Opera Magazine)

"Rafael Vázquez...has the lyrical tenor weight that Ravel needs. "(Evening Standard)

"...and the Italianate tenor Rafael Vazquez - a notable discovery."

( The Independent )

"The tenor Rafael Vázquez gave Wilhem bags of passion and personality"

(Sunday Telegraph)

"I had similar reactions to the two Wilhelm Meisters...but far more interesting and memorable is... Rafael Vazquez...increased the plausibility of his naive vulnerability to the untrustworthy charms of the coquette, Philine" (Musical Pointers)

" Mr.Vázquez, who can count wrestling among his many skills...was a student lawyer in Madrid, until two years ago when he realised that his greater gifts lay elsewhere. And what gifts! ... He is a classical portrayer on the Latinate tenor/lover..." ( Stratford - upon - Avon Herald )