Daniel Moody / Recenzii

“Another thing that has changed a great deal is that we are living in a new golden age of countertenors... Nero himself was a countertenor here--Anthony Roth Costanzo, except in the final performance July 1 (which I attended), where Nero was Daniel Moody. Daniel Moody grew up around Cincinnati, and I have known him and heard him sing since he was a teenager. He has a very beautiful voice, but it was hard for me to imagine him as Nero: a less Nero-like person I hardly know, and the voice is simply too beautiful to sound imperious. Or so I thought. Over the course of the evening he showed me how wrong I was--or rather how versatile he and his voice have become. And there were still numerous moments of utter beauty (especially in love scenes, naturally), where he would start singing ever so sweetly and then just let his voice blossom out into something big and round and smooth. He floats easily into soprano range, which made for lovely duets with Poppea (Sarah Shafer).”

“Countertenor Daniel Moody, who sang Nerone in the final performance of the run, appeared in two smaller parts on opening night. His voice is powerful with a strong high range.”