HANSEL UND GRETEL

The Desert News
Wendsday Jan. 19, 2011

"Hansel and Gretel' is sweetly divine"

"....and another standout performance staggers onto the stage.  The baritone broom-maker Peter, played by Peter Lindskoog, sways to his own drunken theme, spreading cheer to both stage characters and audience members alike. Lindskoog’s full, warm voice fills the theater, and his casual charisma brings a winning presence to the should-be hero.  It doesn’t take long before the drunken broom-maker learns of his children’s forest duties, and soon all four characters are wandering the woods looking for berries, each other and their way home.

By Travis Poppleton, For the Deseret News  -  For full review, click here.


Salt Lake Tribune
Sunday Jan. 16, 2011

"Utah Opera’s ‘Hansel and Gretel’ offers family fun"

"Of the supporting players, baritone Peter Lindskoog made the biggest impression as the easy-going Father.  It was clear that this was a loving family despite the strains brought on by financial hardship. Father had some fun at Mother’s expense by telling her a frightening story he clearly didn’t believe, but the couple quickly teamed up to bring their children home."

By Catherine Reese Newton  -  For full review, click here.


Opera News
Saturday Jan. 15, 2011

"Utah Opera's production of Engelbert Humperdinck's Hänsel und Gretel was a charming success."
"Gately and conductor Ari Peltosensibly balanced dramatic and musical elements  on the shoulders of the cast's vocal and theatrical talents... Brilliant casting ..."
"Baritone Peter Lindskoog, as Peter, projected with Wagnerian potency...[a] first-rate performance...."

By Robert Coleman

LA TRAVIATA

Tulsa World        
Tuesday, October 12, 2010

“Tulsa Opera's 'La Traviata' simply superb”

    “Saturday night's performance of "La Traviata" was not only the best "La Traviata" I've seen Tulsa Opera do, it's also one of best shows this company has done, period"
     "….every element came together perfectly, to the point that it was almost possible to forget one was watching a performance and was, instead, truly experiencing a work of art.”
    “Peter Lindskoog, who is one of Tulsa Opera's more frequent guest artists, was very good as Germont: implacable in his second act confrontation with Violetta, magisterial in his dressing-down of his son's heartlessness in act three, heartbreaking in his remorse at causing so much suffering in act four.”

By JAMES D. WATTS JR. World Scene Writer

LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR

Albuquerque News Journal

Tuesday, March 31, 2009

 

"“Lucia di Lammermoor” is replete with characteristic melody, offering roles only those of the highest vocal caliber should attempt.

     

  Baritone Peter Lindskoog immediately sets the bar for vocal excellence that defines this production. A veteran of several past OSW productions, Lindskoog dominates the stage in the first scene both with a stentorian voice and autocratic stage presence, as Lucia's bully brother Enrico."

By D.S. Crafts

TOSCA

The Albuquerque Journal

Tuesday, April 8, 2008

 

“Saturday night in the KiMo Theatre, Opera Southwest offered its take on "Tosca," …it assembled a strong trio of singers …Peter Lindskoog as Baron Scarpia, the chief of police. 

Lindskoog's Scarpia was a pointed portrayal of menace. Shaped with vocal solidity and sure dramatic moves, Lindskoog conveyed the villain's amoral ruthlessness. Tosca's multiple knife thrusts, added drama to Scarpia's death."

 

by: Joanne Sheehy Hoover

 

The Times-Picayune

Monday, October 8, 2007

 

“The cast is as solid vocally as it's production is conceptualized.... The boldest voice of the night came from Peter Lindskoog as Baron Scarpia. With booming command the baritone found the richness in the music, hidden beneath the lust and malice of the evil Baron. His bold statement declaring his creed in the first Act's "Te Deum" was gripping.” 

 

by: Theadore P. Mahne

 

Tulsa World

Monday, October 8, 2007

 

“As the show's villain Scarpia, Peter Lindskoog did an extraordinary job of conjuring up the character’s casual malevolence. He sings the role with commanding authority and conversational ease. His aria “Va Tosca,” in which Scarpia happily imagines how he will bend her to his sadistic will, is tossed off almost nonchalantly – a confident, condescending chuckle at the start, then quietly building to its blasphemous climax amid the chorus’ performance of the “Te Deum.” Lindskoog makes Scarpia’s presence so dominating that one almost expects to see him show up some where during the final act, to laugh derisively over the final twist in his plot to destroy his romantic rival and the woman who dared to defy him.” 

 

by: James Watts

 

REGINA

The Desert News
Sunday, January 18, 2009

"With a solid cast of leads under Keith Lockhart, Peter Lindskoog as Oscar gave a stand out performance  that should not be missed.  Saturday's opening night performance was quite simply ravishing".

Opera News - In Review
Jan. 19, 2009

"Regina's brother, the brutish Oscar Hubbard, sung by baritone Peter Lindskoog,  made an impression with (a) big voice and accurate characterization."

by: Robert Coleman


Salt Lake City Tribune
Monday, January 19, 2009

"...baritone Peter Lindskoog as brutish Oscar Hubbard is sharply drawn and deftly portrayed"

BILLY BUDD

 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

 

"Pittsburgh Opera hits high-water mark with 'Billy Budd'" 

full review here

 

 

THE CUNNING LITTLE VIXEN

 Opera News - In Review

 

“…the production is blessed with fine principle singers. Peter Lindskoog is the very personification of the bumbling Forester with a handsome, fine-grained baritone.”

by: Scott Cantrell

MADAME BUTTERFLY

Tulsa World

 

“Peter Lindskoog continues his string of fine performances in the role of the consul Sharpless; his work in the second act “letter” scene, as he tries to explain to Cio-Cio San that Pinkerton has married someone else, is excellent.”

by: James Watts

 

Albuquerque News Journal

“The solid baritone Peter Lindskoog made a sympathetic Sharpless”

by: - Joanne Sheehy Hoover

RIGOLETTO

Albuquerque News Journal

Saturday, Dec. 2, 2006

"Opera Southwest opened its season this weekend at the Kimo Theater with Verdi's Rigoletto, resulting in the company's most outstanding triumph to date. Here is a production to rival the Santa Fe Opera with soloists nothing short of superb all round. The costumes are a veritable Renaissance high fashion show matching sight with sound in a production not to be missed..."

"Peter Lindskoog, so impressive last season as Germont in La Traviata and fresh from a recent success at the LA Opera, sings the demanding title role, displaying a range both dramatic and tenderly lyrical. His sweet, well-focused baritone describes the wealth of emotional transfiguration from mischievousness to heart-wrenching despair."

 

by: D.S. Crafts