The American tenor Brian Jagde is Pinkerton ... brilliant with a gleaming, radiant, elevated, open and engaging, warm voice. Bravo! Many tenors who perform in Hamburg should take an example from Mr. Jagde."
... nothing stands in the way of an extraordinary — indeed, flawless — young Anglo-American cast ... In fact, Wagner’s characters all feel human here ... Froh (the trumpeting Brian Jagde) ..."
... tenor Brian Jagde is in the trenches, battling to preserve and perpetuate the legacy of important American tenors epitomized by Richard Tucker. Jagde’s Pinkerton in WNO’s Madama Butterfly was a burst of raw virility ... his nuanced acting and superb singing transformed his Pinkerton from a hedonistic rake into a man sensitive enough to recoil from the blood on his conscience."
On this showing we should be offering him UK nationality. The young American's voice has grown in power and tonal beauty even in the short time that's elapsed since he sang Pinkerton here. Already a prodigious instrument, it has the potential for him to become one of the great modern tenors."
Great respect! Most convincingly, his portrayal of Don José in the final act was a completely depressed man tormented by hopeless despair."
In his first Radamès, tenor Brian Jagde had an impressive night, singing with firm, ringing tone in “Celeste Aida” and projecting a sense of vigor and vitality throughout the opera."