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THOMAS
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Thomas Booth is endowed with a beautiful voice of considerable range and resonance. He is exceptionally musical and has a pleasing personality. Alexander Kipnis, The Juilliard School
Thomas Booth possesses a beautiful voice with an added good
measure of vitality.
Lorenzo Malfatti, Opera School of Chicago
Thomas Booth's Shuisky was insinuating and expertly sung.
The New York Times (Metropolitan Opera Performance, Boris Godunov)
Thomas Booth negotiated the treacherous role with more taste and accuracy than any tenor I have yet heard in the theater. Opera (Damnation of Faust, Liege, Belgium)
U.S. tenor Thomas Booth invested the title role with charisma
and sang strongly.
Opera News (Piccolo Marat, Wexford, Ireland
Thomas Booth made a convincing Piccolo Marat singing the heavy
role with untiring energy and warmth of tone.
Opera (Piccolo Marat)
Tenor Thomas Booth was Prince Calaf. He is handsome and moves well, his voice is attractive and he can handle the notes. New York Daily News (Turandot, New York City Opera)
It is a relief to report with enthusiasm that American tenor
Thomas Booth is something of a find. He sings with both brio or tenderness as
the score demands...he has a fine even range encompassing the brilliancy of
volume of a heldentenor and the poetic delicacy of the lyric tenor. He is
magnificently easy to listen to.
The Star Tonight (Lehar's Tsarevitch, Pretoria, South Africa)
The Roman proconsul, Pollione, was forcefully played by Thomas
Booth
Worcester Telegram (Norma, Boston Concert Opera)
Thomas Booth gave life to the Steersman with subtleties.
Opera International (Flying Dutchman, Montpellier, France)
Thomas Booth's stentorian tones and valid acting did much to
overcome the part's limitations.
Morning Advocate (Erik, Flying Dutchman, New Orleans)
Thomas Booth has the needed ringing tenor voice for the
Prince, as well as the musical sensitivity.
Thor Eckert,Christian Science Monitor (USA Premier of Rusalka, Spoletto
Festival, Charleston)
Thomas Booth achieved a high point of the evening with an
adamantly dramatic rendition of his solo.
Fort Worth Star Telegram (Beethoven Ninth Symphony, Dallas)
Thomas Booth was an exciting discovery. Blessed with a
beautiful voice, he san with good voice placement and instinctive musicianship.
Oak Ridger (Mahler 8th Symphony, Knoxville)
Mr. Booth was met with thundering applause throughout his
appearance.
Bellingham Times (Mario Lanza Tribute with Mantovani Orchestra)
Mr. Booth truly took over the audience that gave him several standing ovations. His is the finest voice to visit Savannah in my lifetime. Chatham Artillery (Sponsor of Lanza Tour concert in Savannah)
Everything with him is remarkably unified: the voice, strong
and incisive; vocal command, almost irreproachable; the rhythmic control,
absolute; the projection of the text, pronounced with clarity and
intelligence...interpretations, comparable to the best where many details of
expression retained one's attention...vocally interesting, and, especially,
musical.
La Presse (Recital, Montreal Canada)
The 79 minutes of music here demonstrates George Lloyd's impressive operatic skills....Thomas Booth's Richard is strong and confident. BBC Magazine (Recording of John Socman, Albany UK Records)
Thomas Booth offered an Otello, misled and miscalculating, but never completely out of control until the murder. He was in excellent voice. Opera News (Otello, Knoxville)
Tenor Thomas Booth possesses a glorious instrument and gives
us a brilliant, vibrant and vital Cavaradossi.
Telegraph Herald (Tosca, Dubuque Iowa)
His no-nonsense straight-to-the-top Nessun Dorma topped the
whole program.
Milwaukee Journal Metro (Concert, Milwaukee Under the Stars)
Mr. Booth is a very fine tenor with considerable performing
skills and musical confidence.
Richard J. Bjella, conductor (Verdi Requiem, Lawrence University)
...a great tenor who has sung on the stages of some of the
world's most prestigious opera houses.
Tim Pahel, Music Coordinator Carl Sandburg College
Thomas Booth has a great tenor voice equal to any opera singer
or entertainer. His wide variety of songs and program pleased everyone.
Rev. Gordon Jones (Concert for Carl Sandburg College and Bushnell Presbyterian
Church)
Tom Booth's excellence as an organist and tenor combined with
his charming personality made for a most delightful afternoon...The audience was
quite captivated and responsive.
Rev William Myers (Maple Leaf Community Concert Performance at Faith Church)
Mr. Booth's January 2002 appearance at the Maple Leaf
Community Concert Series was a highlight of the season. His listeners were
receptive and enthusiastic and continue to recall this memorable event with
pleasure.
Don Gibb, Past President MLCC (Maple Leaf Community Concert)
Tom Booth has found a special way to weave a balanced program
of music through sharing his gifted tenor voice in singing a variety of songs
from opera to gospel favorites. He shifts gears very smoothly through moving
from tenor soloist to organist who plays the organ favorites with enthusiasm and
grace.
Gaylord Buss, Pastor (Grace United Methodist Church Special Concert)
| Thomas Booth's voice is thrilling....his
performance of the captivating Nessun Dorma was one of the musical
highlights of the evening.
Azalea City News and Review (Mobile, AL) The tenor role of the Piccolo
Marat was gallantly sung by Thomas Booth. (Il Piccolo Marat) The predominantly American cast is first rate, especially Thomas Booth in
the title role. (Il Piccolo Marat) |