Aribert Reimann "Lear" - Edmund
Teatro Real Madrid, January 2024
Also notable is the tenor Andreas Conrad, also a specialist in 20th century and contemporary opera in a perfidious and traitor Edmund, who also expresses himself in a fearsome tessitura, well resolved by the already veteran German tenor.
Tenor Andreas Conrad, immense in the role of Edmund
Tenor Andreas Conrad, immense in the role of Edmund,
As his traitor, conspirator and ambitious bastard son, the German tenor Andreas Conrad brought out the best in his part, offering an Edmund with heroic, spontaneous singing and steel treble.
Maggio Musicale Firenze, Mai 2019
Edgar’s brother, Edmund, is set on achieving power at any cost. Andreas Conrad, who essayed the role, was not so much evil, as completely insane. From his first appearance he was wild, clearly out of control and full of hatred. Often his voice verged towards screaming and shouting, which he was happy to intensify in line with the increasingly frenetic music. And it was fine performance.
Palais Garnier Paris, June 2016
Andreas Conrad’s Edmund followed the seeming fate, even nature, of his own personal circumstances, with … powerful command of musico-dramatic theatre.
www. seenandheard-international.com – Mark Berry - 03.06.2016
“…Edgar… is fought by Andreas Conrad, who almost touchingly takes hold of Edmund in his search for identity (“Why Bastard?”).…
concertonet.com, 03.06.2016