Leporello in Don Giovanni
His sidekick Leporello, played with understated wit by bass-baritone Stephanos Tsirakoglou, was a fascinating study of brilliant timing, potent humor and a quicksilver tongue. Those attributes made the aria "Madamina, il catalago è questo," listing his employer’s conquests and preferences with visual aids from a book, a comic treat.
- Robert Coleman, Salt Lake Tribune, 8 July 2011
Stephanos Tsirakoglou nearly stole the show with his comedic performance as Giovanni’s reluctant right-hand man, Leporello. His character served as a liaison between audience and performance, and Tsirakoglou performed the task with incredible expression and timing. During the standing ovation at the end of the performance, the audience erupted when he came out to bow.
- Hillary Bowler, Deseret News, 13 July 2011
Tsirakoglou is hilarious throughout the opera and practically steals the show with a mime seduction ballet that opens Act II.
- Charlie Schill, Herald Journal, 15 July 2011 Weight: 13 |
Luther Billis in South Pacific
Tsirakoglou has his second strong performance of the season, matching his Leporello of "Don Giovanni." His presentation of the friendly, bumbling, conniving leader of the seebeas is spot-on and he is an instant audience favorite. His voice was strong and very listenable and his characterization is perfect, right down to the tattoo on his ample torso.
- Jay Wamsley, Utah Statesman, 13 July 2011
... crowd pleaser Stephanos Tsirakoglou as the seagoing con man Luther Billis... ...turns in a solid performance.
- Charlie Schill, Herald Journal, 15 July 2011
Other standouts included Stephanos Tsirakoglou as the scheming Luther Billis...
- Robert Coleman, Salt Lake Tribune, 11 July 2011 Weight: 14 |
Dottor Bartolo in Nozze di Figaro
Stephanos Tsirakoglou was outstanding as Bartolo
- Mary Johnson, The Baltimore Sun, 16 March 2011
Stephanos Tsirakoglou quickly charmed his way into my good graces through his rock-solid vocalism and beautifully timed comic antics.
- David Lindauer, The Capital, 16 March 2011
Weight: 15 |
Weight: 16 |
Concert Work Artists Winters and Tsirakoglou made a spectacular Annapolis Opera debut... ...he gave it appropriate comic nuance in sonorous tones. Soprano [Corinne] Winters easily matched the bass-baritone in emotion and vocal beauty. In works by Rossini and Gilbert and Sullivan, Tsirakoglou proved amazingly adept at patter, whether in Italian or English, displaying great vocal agility throughout. - Mary Johnson, Baltimore Sun, April 21, 2010
Weight: 16 |
Tree/Chair and Simone in L'enfant/Schicchi
"[Stephanos Tsirakoglou] delivered a laugh-out-loud, brilliant performance."
-Tera Randall, Seattlest.com, April 3, 2008
Weight: 17 |
Le Baron de Gondremark in La Vie Parisienne
"Stephanos Tsirakoglou had the booming voice and important-big-man makings of a great baron."
-Judith White, The Saratogian, July 9, 2007
"[Stephanos' voice was] fresh, open, and effortlessly produced..."
-James Hennerty, Times Union, July 8, 2007
Weight: 18 |
Dulcamara in L'Elisir d'Amore
"Best of the cast is Stephanos Tsirakoglou as Dulcamara, who somehow manages to project the original intention of this tongue-in-cheek romance and send us off with village wisdom that is as good today as it was in 1832."
-Anita Donovan, Trenton Times, July 18, 2006
"Stephanos Tsirakoglou fashioned a vivid Dulcamara."
-Robert Baxter, Cherry Hill Courier-Post, July 10, 2006
Weight: 19 |
