Best When It's Tangy, Not Sweet
"Standouts included baritone Lee Gregory as the pompous dragoon Carl-Magnus."
— Heidi Waleson,
The Wall Street Journal
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A new family-friendly opera and Sondheim's evergreen Night Music...
"Lee Gregory brings a ramrod military posture and a handsome baritone to Desiree's current lover, Count Carl-Magnus Malcolm."
— George Loomis,
The Classical Review
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"Baritone Lee Gregory's Carl-Magnus was a well-judged caricature."
— Sarah Bryan Miller,
St. Louis Post Dispatch
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'Gerolstein' updated in grand style
"Lee Gregory (Prince Paul) and Tor Blaisdell (Baron Puck) infused their roles with first-rate slapstick."
— Keith Powers,
Boston Herald
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Stark 'Lucretia' dazzles in Toledo Opera debut
"As Roman generals Collatinus and Junius, bass-baritone Matthew Burns and baritone Lee Gregory bring rich musicality and authentic emotion to their roles. As the bad boy Etruscan prince, Tarquinius, Philip Cutlip is menacing and macho."
— Sally Vallongo,
Toledo Blade
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The Fall of the House of Usher, Nashville Opera, 11/14/09
"Baritone Lee Gregory fielded a refulgently sung, passionately characterized William."
— Mark Thomas Ketterson,
Opera News
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Two by Philip Glass
"The excellent singers were baritone Lee Gregory as the clueless William, tenor Vale Rideout as the disturbed Roderick."
— Heidi Waleson,
Wall Street Journal
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'Fall of the House of Usher' at Nashville Opera
"The characters' relationships are brought startlingly to life by a superb cast of singers. Baritone Lee Gregory's exquisite voice and stellar acting make William an empathetic protagonist with whom the audience can readily identify."
— Jeffrey Ellis,
broadwayworld.com
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Nashville Opera's 'Usher' does Poe proud
"Videos, drawings and stills of an often-macabre nature are displayed on the scrim and screen to convey the chaos of thoughts in a feverish mind. That feverish mind belongs to William (baritone Lee Gregory), who has been summoned to the house of his childhood friend Roderick Usher (tenor Vale Rideout). Gregory [and] Rideout ... have beautiful voices. But it's not enough to say they're good singers, because their acting is good as well."
— Evans Donnell,
The Tennessean
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Passionate affair raw with emotion
"Baritone Lee Gregory (as Nedda's lover Silvio) also distinguished himself with an expressive, velvety voice."
— John Pitcher,
Omaha World-Herald
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The Ghosts of Versailles (6/17/09), Opera Theatre of Saint Louis
"Lee Gregory portrayed the moronic servant Wilhelm with oafish glee."
— Judith Malafronte,
Opera News
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Candide, Toledo Opera, 5/2/09
"Lee Gregory returned to Toledo Opera to sing Maximilian and the Captain, and his baritonal presence was most enjoyable."
— Alan Montgomery,
Opera News
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Saint Louis: Reliably Excellent
"The real-time bad guys were equally well-served by Lee Gregory, a vocally assured and physically active (and fearless) Wilhelm ..."
— Opera Now
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The Ghosts of Versailles
"Baritone Lee Gregory provides a nice comic balance as Bégearss's inept henchman Wilhelm."
— Chuck Lavazzi,
KDHX (St. Louis)
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Leonard Bernstein on the fly in Irvine
"... baritone Lee Gregory supplied creamy warmth in 'Lucky to Be Me.'"
— Timothy Mangan,
Orange County Register
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For Midsummer, Bizet reimagined
"Lee Gregory was an elegant and deftly preening Escamillo."
— Jeremy Eichler,
Boston Globe
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"Gregory has a fine, strapping baritone that was most effective as Figaro and as the young soldier Guglielmo in 'Così'." ["THE MARRIAGES OF MOZART" - Boston Midsummer Opera]
— Boston Globe
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"Up next in the Bates College Concert Series are acclaimed opera singers Kelly Kaduce, soprano, and Lee Gregory, baritone." Read More...
— Lewiston Sun-Journal
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"Lee Gregory, who had already produced some fine performances earlier in the week was a charming Father. His rich baritone handled the role well and his versatility as an actor was evident by the end of the week, for he had already created a charismatic Don Giovanni and a feisty feline in 'L'enfant.'" [DON GIOVANNI - Ridge Light Opera]
— Classical New Jersey
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"Lee Gregory's commanding baritone transfixed us in his roles as Don Giovanni and the Father in 'Hänsel und Gretel.'" [HANSEL AND GRETEL - Ridge Light Opera]
— Morristown Gazette
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"Baritone Lee Gregory was a hilarious self-adoring Maximillian." [CANDIDE - Des Moines Metro Opera]
— Des Moines Register
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