| About Nathan Gunn |
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| Nathan Gunn sang the title role in performances in English of Thomas's opera Hamlet at the Opera Theatre of Saint Louis in Missouri on June 19, 23, 25, 27, and 29, 2002. In a review at riverfronttimes.com, Lew Prince wrote: "Nathan Gunn, who unveiled his wonderful voice as Figaro in OTSL's Barber of Seville back in 1996, is a magnificent singing Hamlet. He plays the part with humanity and nuance. In his hands, Hamlet is a man torn and in trouble but very much a man." Martin Bernheimer, for ft.com, wrote that "Nathan Gunn, barihunk du jour, coped manfully as the Dane[.]" |
| "It's a particularly lyrical voice and very beautiful. He's a consummate musician, a consummate artist, and he's also a very good actor. Because of all that, he can put across a song emotionally very well. I plan to cast him in my future operas whenever possible," said composer Tobias Picker about Nathan Gunn, as quoted at calendarlive.com. |
| "The baritone Nathan Gunn has a robust voice as well as a keen musical intelligence, not to mention a hunky physique. Last year, in the title role of a riveting production of Britten's 'Billy Budd' at the Lyric Opera of Chicago, barefoot and often shirtless, Mr. Gunn climbed rigging, staved off fights with other sailors and sang the role poignantly, fully conveying Billy's winsome and, in the end, fatal innocence," wrote Anthony Tommasini in the New York Times of Sunday December 22, 2002. |
| The DVD of the Paris Opera War and Peace was released in the United States on November 18, 2003, and can be ordered from amazon.com. "Local taste dictates that Philadelphia may never see Prokofiev's operatic adaptation of War and Peace at the Academy of Music. But it's almost better enjoyed on DVD in a moody, visually arresting Paris production starring Opera Company of Philadelphia regular Nathan Gunn," wrote David Patrick Stearns for the Philadelphia Inquirer of September 26, 2004. |
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| "If people can't understand your words, you are not really singing."--Nathan Gunn, as quoted by Anthony Tommasini in the New York Times of January 8, 2006. |
| CD Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia amazon.co.uk "There have been funnier, earthier Barber s than this, but few as spruce or as graceful of touch. "The dapper overture sets the tone. And under Miguel Gómez-Martínez's alert direction, the Munich orchestra is alive to every cajoling, conniving inflection of Rossini's delicious score. "Elegance, too, is the keynote of the singing. Nathan Gunn's baritone is on the light side for the rambunctious Figaro. "But if he underplays the swagger, his barber has plenty of quick-witted charm."--Richard Wigmore, telegraph.co.uk --- Just Before Sunrise |
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Kevin Murphy & Nathan Gunn - Gunn - Murphy: 'American Anthem' - Brother Can You Spare A Dime? (USA) 
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| May 15, 2007 "Gunn's first disc for Sony BMG, to be released this August, is titled Just Before Sunrise; it includes songs by, among others, Gene Scheer (the librettist of An American Tragedy), Ben Moore, John Bucchino, Jimmy Van Heusen, Tom Waits, Billy Joel and Sting. Among his collaborators on some tracks are the 20-year-old jazz piano prodigy Eldar and Broadway star Kristin Chenoweth."--Matthew Westphal, playbillarts.com |
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