The other star was the priest, Raimondo, here taken by the extraordinary Blaise Malaba fresh from several recent important vignettes at Covent Garden. His voice is resonant, clear, and powerful, his stage presence perfect.

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Bass Blaise Malaba brought just the right combination of solidity and edge to the part, giving us ghostly whispers for ‘mors stupebit’, command to ‘voca me’ and rich warmth to ‘oro supplex

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And Congolese bass Blaise Malaba brings physical heft and a warmth of tone to the role of the Captain Zuniga.

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