Alan Titus as Wotan Final Die Walkure Madrid 2003

Teatro Real de Madrid. March 2003

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[nemmerel]

his voice is incredibly strong- it has to be the recording though! you really never know these days how good a singer actually is. but if only he could have this massive voice carry in real life, it would be a joy to hear!

[Patrick Boyle]

Unbelieveable! Titus was at first a pop bari-tenor in Berstein's Mass. When I first heard him live he was running around buck naked except for a gold lame jock strap singing the tenor part of Nero. Then he sang light baritone comic and operetta parts at NY City Opera. A dozen years later and I heard him as Ford. A dozen years later I hear him as Ford - he had become a legitimate Verdi baritone. Now he reappears as a Helden Bariton. What's next?

[Alberich el Negro]

Un saludete (también con algo de retraso, es cierto).

[fafner44]

Señor Alberich! De pronto me lo encuentro por estos lares. Cierto que pasó usted por aquí hace ya mucho tiempo, pero siempre es agradable encontrar una cara conocida en lugares insospechados. Ante Neidhöle nos veremos. Un saludo!

[AlberichNibelungo]

Titus tiene una voz oscura, profunda y rocosa que es la que yo suelo preferir para interpretar al importunado dios --las voces demasiado claras y baritonales me gustan menos--, pero canta muy toscamente. Y si por algo se caracteriza el rol de Wotan es porque es autoritario, pero no tosco. Presencié este montaje y no fue nada del otro mundo. En cuanto al director, ofrece una lectura rutinaria, aburrida, sin garra ni emoción. Lo que sí hace Titus es pegar fuerte con la lanza. ¡Vaya dos agujeros!

[Brian Morgan]

Bravo, Titus!

[Ariosvaldo de Campos-Pires]

It's HUGE and, of course, the audio engineer had the last say. I like its power, though and wish, despite sacrilege, they'd 'enhance' George London's rendering of this into the full-contact squealing assault, a take-down of slash & broken glass, brutalicious old-school mayhem, a buzz-saw, fortus-crashing blur of ear-bleed awe & even more awesome ramp-dropping, like, Hell kicked sidewise.....face-melting....a­s it was assuredly meant to be.....BRAVO, Alan!

[dxhtz]

good ears. VERY in tune.nice sing-song play-out, as I believe it should be. Wagner reminds us its just the theatre after all. Wonderful singing..

[giwrgos triantis]

This can't be Titus!

[John Leopold]

Yes, he does but the differences in recording technology make comparing the Hotter video at this site to this one somewhat difficult.

[Peter Baum]

He sounds like the second coming of Hans Hotter. Quite impressive.