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| Count Anckarström |
| Lyric baritone role./ Married to Amelia, he is secretary and best friend of Gutav, the King of Sweeden When he learns that his wife, Amelia and Gustav, are in love, he joins a Political Conspiracy against the king and plots his death. |
| Year |
| San Francisco Opera Anckarström History |
| Artist |
| 1931 |
| Giuseppe Danise |
| 1937 |
| Richard Bonelli |
| 1940 |
| 1942 |
| Richard Bonelli |
| 1944 |
| 1953 |
| Enzo Mascherini |
| 1957 |
| 1961 |
| Ettore Bastianini |
| 1965 |
| Raymond Wolansky |
| 1967 |
| 1971 |
| Franco Bordoni |
| 1977 |
| Yuri Mazurok |
| 1982 |
| Silvano Carroli |
| 1985 |
| Silvano Carroli |
| 1990 |
| Alain Fondary |
| 1999-2000 |
| Sergei Leiferkus |
| Richard Bonelli |
| Cornell MacNeil |
| 1977* Yuri Mazurok, the much praised Moscow baritone, and the most operatically Western of Adler’s Soviet imports, made a very striking Anckarstrom, the Renato of old. He seemed to be one of those rare modern descendants of old-time bel canto baritones like Giuseppe Danise who thought of themselves spiritually, in not literally, as tenors. The voice was huge, clean, brilliant, wit an almost tenor ring to it. It did no harm, either, that Mazurok’s acting was very dignified rather than flamboyant a la Russe. |
| 1982 |
| Pablo Elvira |
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| 1999-2000 |
| Bruno Caproni |
| * Reviews from Arthur Bloomfield's 1922-1978 The San Francisco Opera. |
| 1999 * Possessing both strong theatrical instincts and a robust voice, baritone Sergei Leiferkus’s greatest limitation was his basic vocal quality. The limited, harsh tone served well enough in Count Anckarstrom’s moments of fury, but the complete lack of Italianate warmth and his monochromatic snarling tone wears quickly on the ear, despite the singer’s phrasing and the actor’s insight. His suitability in the Russian repertory has not crossed over successfully into this repertory./ Review |
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| Above: 1931 Left to right, Giovanni Martinelli (Gustavus), Elisabeth Rethberg (Amelia), and Richard Bonelli (Anckarstrom) |
| 2006-2007 |
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| 2006: Far and away, the most "interesting" vocal performance came from Ambrogio Maestri, making his San Francisco debut as Anckarström (Renato). This mountain of a man has a big — if not a consistently beautiful — voice, which he produces effortlessly, but without much presence./ Review Side note: I thought he had plenty presence. |
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