Uwe Dambruch
REVIEWS
Romeo et Juliette
Calgary Opera
Kenneth DeLong
Calgary Herold
"The opera has a large cast and it is not possible to mention everyone individually here. But mention must be made of the eloquent singing of the two basses, Alain Coulombe as Friar Laurence and Uwe Dambruch as the Duke of Verona. Both have attractive voices of authority and heft ... Uwe Dambruch had all the needed presence, vocally and dramatically, for the role of the Duke of Verona."
Romeo et Juliette
Calgary Opera
Stephan Bonfield
Opera Canada
"Equally fine were Alexandre Sylvestre’s Capulet and Uwe Dambruch’s commanding Duke of Verona."
Der Rosenkavalier
Opera by Request
Joseph So
Musical Toronto
"German-born, Calgary based veteran bass Uwe Dambruch was a perfect Baron Ochs. His facility with the language served him well in his music, so much of which is conversational. Ochs has also the best melody of the score - the walz, and Dambruch did it full justice, singing both high and low notes perfectly"
Das Rheingold
Pacific Opera Victoria
Harvey de Roo,
Vancouver Classical Music
"... and Uwe Dambruch as Fasolt showing a strong and ringing Bass-Baritone.
I could see him as Wotan some day."
The Magic Flute
Calgary Opera
Kenneth DeLong
Calgary Herald
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"Uwe Dambruch sang the sympathetic role of Sarastro. Dambruch has the perfect vocal timbre and weight for this role and he was strong in the dramaric side as well. He came across well simply because he is suited the part in every way."
Lucia di Lammermoor
Calgary Opera
Kenneth DeLong Calgary Herald
" The role of Raimondo was taken by Uwe Dambruch, whose grand-sounding, rich-toned voice, dramaticalli effective, certainly suits the part."
The Magic Flute
Pacific Opera Victoria
Kevin Bazzana
Times Colonist Victoria
"The cast is strong in the leads ... Uwe Dambruch brings quiet dignity and a fatherly authority (and a nice low E) to the role of Sarastro."
The Magic Flute
Pacific Opera Victoria
Bernhard Jacobson
Living at the Opera
"... and Uwe Dambruch brought a most impressive bass to the role of Sarastro."
The Magic Flute
Pacific Opera Victoria
Ian Cochran
Monday-
The Magazin
"The singers, most of them making their POV debuts, have what an opera lover always hopes for and does not often get: great vocal quality coupled with real acting chops. Standouts in an almost uniformly excellent cast are soprano Aline Kutan as the Queen of the Night ... and bass-baritone Uwe Dambruch's Sarastro, whose powerful low notes floated effortlessly over the orchestra and out into the hall."
The Magic Flute
Pacific Opera Victoria
Robert Jordan
Opera Canada
"Uwe Dambruch brought a serene dignity and an effortlessly resonant bass voice to the role of Sarastro."
The Magic Flute
Orchestra London
Brian Hay
London
" Uwe Dambruch has a gentle bass-baritone voice that projected the calming influence of the character Sarastro to a "T". His work was strong in both the sung and the spoken segments."
The Magic Flute
Orchestra London
James Reaney
London Free Press
"... bass-bariton Uwe Dambruch provides the calm sound of godlike wisdom as Sarastro."
Rigoletto
Edmonton Opera
Bill Rankin
Opera Canada
"Double casting Bass-Baritone Uwe Dambruch as Monterone, the outraged father who curses the nobleman's court, and the assassin Rigoletto hires to avenge the abduction of Gilda was inspired. He is a mountain of a man with proportionally large, deep sound, wich served the production well in giving heft to both crucial characters."
Rigoletto
Edmonton Opera
Tom Murray
Edmonton Journal
" Uwe Dambruch sings well in the dual role of the assassin brother (Sparafucile) to one of the harlots (the striking Norine Burgess as Maddalena), and the pious father (Monterone) to one of the iincent girls seduced by the duke. He looks particularly well sporting a shaved dome as the murderer."
Tosca
Hamilton Opera
Leonard Turnevicius
Opera Canada
"Uwe Dambruch was a commendable, steady and hardy voiced Angelotti, a much welcomed addition to this cast."
The Barber of Seville
Opera Company of North Carolina
Roy C. Dicks
The News Observer
"Uwe Dambruch's big baritone added richness to the slow-witted music teacher Don Basilio."
The Barber of Seville
Opera Company of North Carolina
Carl J. Haperin
Classical Voice of North Carolina
"The lower voices - bass-baritones William Powers (Dr. Bartolo) and Uwe Dambruch (Don Basilio) - restrained from overdoing the comic shtick ... allowing their acting to dictate where they went vocally."
Rigoletto
Calgary Opera
Kenneth DeLong
Calgary Herold
'... and Uwe Dambruch suitable heroic (or sinister) in the double roles of Sparafucile and Monterone."