As CYRANO by
David DiChiera, lately performed at
The Florida
Grand Opera
Cyrano: You "Nose" It's Good
Opera
Thanks to Pop's capable facial expressions and
gestures, Cyrano came through as strong and charismatic among men, but hopelessly awkward and painfully
timid in love. (Spoiler alert!) In the final scene, when Pop stabs drunkenly through his fatal concussion
at his shadowy lifelong enemies, all the while singing in his rich, commanding baritone voice, I
seriously got goosebumps. I was overwhelmed by the thought of an entire life lived in debilitating fear,
and concurrently bewitched by the performer's incredible voice and the gorgeous sounds of the
orchestra.
By Camille Lamb, Sun., Apr. 24 2011 Miami NewTimes
Blogs
As
Figaro in "Il Barbiere di Seviglia" by G.
Rossini
At The Arizona
Opera in 2010
'Barber of Seville' has boffo Figaro
... Then Figaro entered the scene, with his "Largo al factotum," and it was as
if someone plugged it into 220 volts. From that moment on, this became one of the best "Barbers"
ever.
It wasn't just that Marian Pop as Figaro, the barber and schemer, energized
every scene he was in, not only with a booming voice that carried over the orchestra, and not only that
his comic antics were actually funny, but that everyone else seemed to kick it up a notch, too. The
performance went from adequate to "Hey, Hazel, get a load of this!"
There were no weak links in the cast, although no one quite measured up to
Pop.
By Richard Nilsen - April 24, 2010
The Arizona Republic
As
Figaro at the Leipziger Oper some revues
Marian Pop is seen
in the title role as a comedian, an ever-present all-rounder, who rocks his lot with a brilliantly easy
baritone, though his Figaro ia allowed no moment of
rest - Leipzig
Almanach
An excellent cast
... The marvelous bel canto tenor José Manuel Zapata, the hyperactive Figaro Marian Pop, the blustering
Doctor Bartolo Donato di Stefano ... Gifted Rampensäue
all three, silly, lively, doubletaking, dodging, hilarious. Even vocally, they leave
no wishes unfulfilled ... Zapata is a lyric tenor
with buffo talent, Pop a supple baritone - Leipziger Volkszeitung
The baritone
Marian Pop (Figaro) knows how to shake up a stage in the truest sense of the words. He showed great
playfulness and made a vocal impact from his entrace with the
aria Largo al factotum -dispatched with high speed and enormous flexibility
and a rousing high A - underlined by him by his
firey phrasing in the duets - operapoint.com
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