Charles Rice

"Charles Rice’s Marcello, the only member of the Bohemians whose characterization went beyond the basics… and whose warm, gold-flecked baritone was a natural foil for William Thomas’s Colline"
Opera Magazine

"The most touching moments are those between Charles Rice’s suavely devious Sid and Martha Jones’s fetching Nancy."
Evening Standard

"Charles Rice was a burly Figaro, naturally suited to the part with a warm affability and energetic stage presence."
Bachtrack

"Ned Keene, very well drawn and sung by Charles Rice stands out above others."
El Pais

"Charles Rice, is simply divine as Arthur’s rival and best friend Lancelot. His swooning version of If Ever I Would Leave You has the audience melting in their seats, whilst his entrance as a more cocksure pre-Guenevere Lancelot showed comedic prowess that had us eating out of the palm of his hand from the off. We believe every moment, simply because Lancelot expects us to; he lands a lot."
Westendwilma.com

"Dans le rôle-titre, Charles Rice (Hamlet) déploie une raucité puissante, intense tout au long d’un rôle écrasant pour les barytons; saluons le souci d’intelligibilité du soliste et aussi sa concentration qui éclaire de l’intérieur, le feu à la fois haineux et halluciné qui le ronge jusqu’à la fin."
Classique News

"Le baryton Charles Rice, présent dans pratiquement tous les actes, tient son rôle de bout en bout. L’intensité de son jeu et de son chant rend encore plus fort le drame qu’il vit dan la solitude. Le chanteur britannique incarne le rôle et, comme la majorité de ses comparses, a une diction qui rend superflu le sous-titrage."
Ouest-France

"Le timbre moiré, souverain de Charles Rice lui répond idéalement, dans une incarnation d'Oreste saturée par la noblesse et la douleur."
Diapason

"Charles Rice, que le public angevin a déjà applaudi en Onéguine et Hamlet, traduit remarquablement les affres de la conscience d’Oreste, torturé par son matricide, par un chant noble porté par une diction d’une clarté remarquable."
Première Loge

"Rice's conversational, elegant singing matched words and music in great style, his descent was an abandoned conflation of volume and ink-black tone, and he sang an ultra-seductive 'Là ci darem la mano'."
Opera

"Charles Rice has all the extrovert charm and exuberant energy of Figaro."
SlippedDisc

"Charles Rice has the right brightly focused baritone, with ringing top notes, as Figaro. "
Financial Times

"British baritone Charles Rice makes an attractive Figaro with nimble comic moves (he spends an entire scene standing in a bookcase); and the opera’s warmest relationship is between Figaro and Rosina."
The Stage

"Charles Rice’s excellent Figaro dominates, as he should, handsome of voice and presence, with mocking irony and glee never far from his tone, a man with his eye to the main chance, wordly wise and affectionate."
The Guardian

"As the ever-resourceful Barber himself, the British baritone Charles Rice was magnificent and his first big aria (Largo al factotum) generated huge applause."
The Article

"Bringing life to one of the most famous opera characters, Charles Rice had big shoes to fill in and he has done a marvellous job. Cunning, hilarious and dominant, Charles Rice’s portrayal of Figaro is everything it should be. From the first moment he appears on the stage his performance is bustling and captivating."
Voice Mag

"Dripping in impish charm and unparalleled self-confidence, Rice’s Figaro is a joyous schemer, influenced by the harlequin tradition. His baritone is tinged with warmth, even in the opera’s paciest arias."
CityA.M., February 2024

"The lynchpin of the evening was Charles Rice’s impeccably-voiced Figaro. His bright, forthright baritone was rich and colourful, his comic timing faultless. He dominated proceedings, yet never upstaged his colleagues. His opening aria, ‘Largo al factotum’ was perfectly judged, and he went on to produce a steady stream of warm tone for the rest of the evening. What a talent."
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