HOBSON - PETER GRIMES
Blaise Malaba brings a rich bass voice to Hobson the carrier.
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Blaise Malaba made a strong, yet sympathetic Hobson.
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COLLINE - LA BOHEME
OPERA NATIONAL DE NANCY - LORRAINE
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Blaise Malaba excels in “Colline,” through the nobility of his timbre and the distinction of his singing.
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Blaise Malaba gives Colline a restrained nobility...
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The splendid bass timbre of Blaise Malaba is marked by a variety of nuances …
his farewell to his overcoat … a concentrate of pure emotion.
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BETHUNE - LES VEPRES SICILIENNES
ROYAL BALLET & OPERA
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The smaller roles were all well taken and a particular shout out to Blaise Malaba who made the relatively thankless role of Le Sire de Béthune into something a bit special.
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Blaise Malaba offers a Béthune full of authority.
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The wealth of vocal talent wasn’t restricted just to the principal artists. Former Jette Paker artists Blaise Malaba and Michael Gibson provided sterling support. Malaba, a full-bodied bass with warm tone aplenty, performs as Le Sire de Béthune...
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RAIMONDO - LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR
OPERA HOLLAND PARK
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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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Among the supporting roles, Blaise Malaba is a genially resonant Raimondo...
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...Blaise Malaba whose full-bodied bass drew shivers whenever his (mostly) virtuous character, Chaplain Bidebent, invoked the Lord to the hell-bound Lammermoors.
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Blaise Malaba brings his resonant tones to the role of Chaplain Raimondo.
The Arbuturian
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...as well as Blaise Malaba’s smooth, substantial bass as the Ashton family’s chaplain Raimondo.
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Blaise Malaba projected a fine solidity and sense of purpose.
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GRAN SACERDOTE - NABUCCO
THEATRE NATIONAL DU CAPITOLE DE TOULOUSE
...le Grand Prêtre de Baal nous fait découvrir la basse Blaise Malaba dont le timbre cuivré et ténébreux et la puissante projection font entendre à l’évidence d’autres rôles !
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ZUNIGA - CARMEN
ROYAL OPERA HOUSE
And Congolese bass Blaise Malaba brings physical heft and a warmth of tone to the role of the Captain Zuniga.
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Blaise Malaba, as a formidable Zuniga with a splendid, sonorous tone. I would love to hear HIM tackle the role of Escamillo.
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Blaise Malaba is an imposing Zuniga – an Escamillo of the future, perhaps.
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And as ever, bass Blaise Malaba leaves you wanting more, this time as José's commander Zuniga.
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...Au contraire, le texte, autant parlé que chanté, de Blaise Malaba est limpide et le chant sûr et large en Zuniga...
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Blaise Malaba was a robust and rather slimy Suniga
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COLLINE - LA BOHEME
CANADIAN OPERA COMPANY
...while Blaise Malaba’s Colline maintains a philosophical quietude that blossoms in his final-act eulogy to his overcoat. As an ensemble they are as believable as they are individually.
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Joo Won Kang as the painter Marcello, and Congolese bass Blaise Malaba as Colline, the philosopher of the group provides the audience with some cheeky humour in the midst of the rolling tide and stark staging. Wang and Malaba exude a velvety presence on stage and infuse light into the rising smoke and tattered skyline.
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Of the smaller roles, the Congolese bass Blaise Malaba was remarkable as the philosopher Colline. He was persuasive in “Vecchia zimarra”, a farewell ode to his long‑worn winter coat that he sold in order to buy Mimì’s medicine. His deeply resonant bass was as appealing as his Italian diction.
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Congolese bass Blaise Malaba made an auspicious COC debut as Colline.
Fellow baritone Justin Welsh is Schaunard. Bass Blaise Malaba is Colline. Both are excellent... Colline’s tender ode to his cherished overcoat, Vecchia zimarra, senti (“Dear old coat, listen”), in Malaba’s hands, is moving in the extreme.
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Rounding out the male quartet of Bohemians, Congolese bass Blaise Malaba made his company debut as the philosopher Colline, singing farewell to his great coat to raise funds for Mimì’s medicine with grace.
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SPRECHER - THE MAGIC FLUTE
Opera Orchestre National de Montepellier
Blaise Malaba's Speaker is characterized by his natural stage presence and good projection and articulation. His dramatic range and his high harmonics allow him to compete with Tamino in duets without being eclipsed.
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...In contrast, the power and vocal authority of bass Blaise Malaba (the Speaker) is widely convincing...
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...Blaise Malaba offers with his bass voice a speaker with commanding accents, present even in the face of the treble voices...
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SEVEN DEADLY SINS
Teatro Colon
"In contrast, bass Blaise Malaba, born in Congo, fulfilling the role of the Mother, looked solid as a soloist and as the base on which the family choir stands." (Translated from Spanish)
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La famille d’Anna chante comme un seul homme, y compris la Mère interprétée par la basse congolaise Blaise Malaba (curiosité de la partition de Weill déjà relevée il y a peu à Caen) qui offre des projections profondes et caverneuses...
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MACBETH
Royal Ballet & Opera, Covent Garden
"Malaba is a brilliant singer and also has great stage presence; a notable combination that will stand him well in what I am sure will be future successes.
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NABUCCO
Royal Opera House
...Blaise Malaba – a High Priest of Baal of profundity and gravitas...
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Good to see Blaise Malaba again, confirming as the High Priest of Baal the dramatic and vocal strength he showed in the recent Verdi Macbeth.
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SUSANNA, Linbury theatre
Royal Opera House
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"Blaise Malaba’s Second Elder was in deliciously inky voice, rich and oaky in his glorious bottom notes, and making characterful contrast..."
Operawire​
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"Of the two Elders, it was the second, Congolese bass Blaise Malaba, who impressed the most, by far, his voice firm and powerful with real presence. "
Seen and Heard International
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