Alexander Vinogradov offered equally outstanding singing as High Priest Zaccaria, showing off a charismatic and well-oiled instrument that plumbed the inky depths of prophecy and doom. “Vieni, o Levita,” his reading of the law-giving tablets, was dense with gravitas and portent; Vinogradov has richness but also a profound lyric quality that lets him unfurl melodic lines with remarkable security and smoothness.
The standout performance of the first act was Alexander Vinogradov as the prophet Zaccaria. He has a huge, deep voice and rich, velvety tone.
Tras la tumultuosa dimisión de su director artístico se levantaba el telón en Les Arts de Valencia un Don Carlo espléndido bajo la batuta siempre in crecendo de Ramón Tebar y la dirección escénica de Marco Arturo Marelli con un imponente Filippo II de Alexander Vinogradov que hizo sombra a un Plácido Domingo en momentos de poca brillantez.