Paul Curievici
Tenor
Paul Curievici’s current and future plans include Candide (title role) Theater und Philharmonie Essen, BROUČEK Die Ausflüge des Herrn Brouček Tiroler Landestheater, roles in Die Ausflüge des Herrn Brouček Bregenzer Festspiele, SEMYON PODSEKAYEV in the world premiere of Elena Langer’s To Die For Nederlandse Reisopera, LAÏOS Oedipe Enescu Festival, CHEKALINSKY Pique Dame Staatsoper Hamburg, PIRELLI Sweeney Todd Opéra du Rhin Strasbourg, VITEK The Makropulos Case Opéra de Lyon and Concertgebouw, Billy Budd and Le Grand Macabre Enescu Festival and Radio France, and HIGH PRIEST OF AMON Akhnaten ENO.
Past engagements have included FIRST JEW and SECOND JEW Salome, Barry’s The Importance of Being Earnest, and EAMES The Virtues of Things Royal Opera House Covent Garden, KARL ROSSMANN in Haubenstock-Ramati’s Amerika, ELEMER Arabella, and JACK The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny Oper Zürich, JACK Landestheater Salzburg, ZINOVIY Lady Macbeth von Mzensk Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden, PIRELLI and ORPHÉE Orpée aux enfers Theater Aachen, THE MARQUIS The Gambler Martina Franca Festival, Le Grand Macabre and The Snow Queen Concertgebouw, STEVA Jenůfa Norwegian Opera, Saint Francoise d’Assise Theater Basel, Candide (title role) Komische Oper Berlin, TICHON Katja Kabanova, NICK The Handmaid’s Tale, MELOT Tristan und Isolde, RAUL The Exterminating Angel and PIRELLI Royal Danish Opera, FLUTE A Midsummer Night’s Dream and MELOT Tristan und Isolde Opéra de Montpellier, and Les Enfants Terribles The Royal Ballet. He sang in Barry’s The Importance of Being Earnest Barbican and Lincoln Center with the New York Philharmonic, SAM KAPLAN Street Scene The Opera Group at Liceu Barcelona and Théâtre du Châtelet, PAINTER in Neuwirth’s American Lulu The Opera Group at the Young Vic, Bregenzer Festspiele and Edinburgh Festival and was a guest of Glyndebourne Festival, Grange Festival, Scottish Opera Northern Ireland Opera, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre National de Lyon and Mahler Chamber Orchestra.
Paul studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.
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Christopher Broom
Phone: +44 208 768 6604
Mobile: +44 7778794397
Email: chris@atholestill.co.uk
Representation: Worldwide
"Paul Curievici's ingratiating Gérard dominated the Barbican stage, seducing us with the warmth of his tenor voice and with the strange hold his character exerted on the action, which Curievici narrated beautifully."
The Times
"Paul Curievici moves effortlessly between speech and singing, watching and engagement; he holds the production’s different layers together."
The Independent
"One should mention a super turn from singer Paul Curievici as the narrator-cum-villain Gérard."
The Daily Telegraph
"British tenor Paul Curievici did his part very well as Melot, Marke's right hand man. Making this role interesting is no easy matter."
Information Dagbladet
"Strahlkräftig und selbstbewusst sang Paul Curievici mit schmetterndem Tenor den Grafen Elemer."
oper aktuell
"The tenor Curievici (as Graf Elemer) was particular noteworthy. Singing with confidence he developed his character skilfully as brash, self-centred and full of bravado. The voice is strong and flexible with an appealing tone."
Operawire
"A seguire, il Marchese di Paul Curievici, tenore di taglio baritonaleggiante con un bellissimo timbro e un’ottima presenza scenica che gli ha permesso di caratterizzare un personaggio ambiguo e cruciale nella costellazione del dramma."
GBOpera.it
"Buono nel complesso tutto il cast su cui si innalza per vocalità e interpretazione il marchese del tenore inglese Paul Curievici, che sfoggia una voce timbrata e sonora con un’interpretazione attoriale magnetica e convincente."
operateatro.it
"Eine gute Figur macht der hell timbrierte Tenor Paul Curievici als Kristas Vater und subalterner Büroangestellter Vitek in der Anwaltskanzlei Kolenatý."
FAZ
"Malgré sa courte intervention, le Vitek de Paul Curievici convainc totalement dans une projection claire et fluide."
opera online
"Tenor Paul Curievici fällt auf als fein timbrierter, engagierter Kanzleiangestellter Vitek."
VAN magazine
"Paul Curievici s’avère le Vitek le plus élégant qu’on ait entendu."
Opéra Magazine
"Es wurde mit großer Spielfreude gesungen uns getanzt, die zahlreichen Rollen waren alle typgerecht besetzt. Besonders hervorheben sollte man Orphée (Paul Curievici). Er spielte lebensnah und sang hervorragend."
Opernmagazin
"Auf der positiven Seite ist der britische Tenor Paul Curievici als Brouček zu vermerken, der seine Rolle sängerisch und darstellerisch überzeugend meisterte und der das Zentrum des Geschehens auf der Bühne bildete."
Vorarlberger Nachrichten
"Paul Curievici (as Brouček) proved to be remarkable, very expressive and capable of maintaining a dramatic presence through two contrasting acts."
Seen and Heard International
"Paul Curievici singt den Titelhelden Candide mit Noblesse und Stil."
Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung
