Purves excels in WNO Falstaff
FALSTAFF – Welsh National Opera – March 2008
“Christopher Purves’ Ford is in no way dwarfed by Terfel, making Fontana’s first encounter with Falstaff a brilliant exchange and the aria, E Sogno, totally gripping.”
The Guardian, 5th March 2008 – Rian Evans
“Christopher Purves convinces as a perpetually seething Ford.”
The Times Online, 5th March 2008 – Richard Morrison
“…but I relished Anne-Marie Owens’ glamorous barmaid of a Mistress Quickly and Christopher Purves’ magnificently splenetic Ford (Purves sings Falstaff at Glyndebourne soon, and Terfel must look to his laurels)…”
The Telegraph, 6th March 2008 – Rupert Christiansen
“Christopher Purves stands out as a frantic Ford…”
The Guardian, 10th March 2008 – Anthony Holden
