Andrew Gangestad is a chillingly effective Ramfis;
AIDA - Welsh National Opera
London Telegraph
“Andrew Gangestad as Ramfis … provided the evening’s best all-around performance.”
AIDA - Welsh National Opera
Seen and Heard International
Andrew Gangestad invested Ramfis with a disturbing and threatening power and sang with security and weight – a fine performance
LA SONNAMBULA - Michigan Opera Theatre
Detroit Press
“Andrew Gangestad’s honeyed resonance, as the Count, all but stole the show….”
LA SONNAMBULA - Michigan Opera Theatre
Opera News
“Korean-American bass Andrew Gangestad filled Rodolfo’s notes with rich, unfettered sound.”
IL TROVATORE - Toledo Opera
Opera News Online
Andrew Gangestad was a Ferrando of marvelous voice, full and vibrant but capable of movement.
LA BOHEME - Opera Pacific
Opera News Online
... and Andrew Gangestad (Colline) were lively comrades, with the latter providing a distinguished account of the song to the old coat.
LA BOHEME - Opera Pacific
Orange County Register
“Andrew Gangestad … supplied a quietly distinguished account of the song to an old coat (‘Vecchia zimarra’).”
BEETHOVEN SYMPHONY NO. 9 - Columbus Symphony
The Columbus Dispatch
Baritone Andrew Gangestad delivered a strong recitative that helped usher in the proper tone for what followed.
TURANDOT - Kentucky Opera
The Courier-Journal
“Andrew Gangestad was an unusually distinctive, majestic-voiced Timur, a blind king in rags who commanded attention.”
TURANDOT - Kentucky Opera
Opera News Online
Andrew Gangestad's Timur had an eye-catching dignity and nobility even while perfectly still, his luxurious, grandiose voice bursting with emotion.
IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA _ Lyric Opera of Kansas City
Kansas City Star
“… Andrew Gangestad (Don Basilio) … demonstrated a glorious bass voice.”
LA DAMNATION DE FAUST - Boston Symphony Orchestra
The New York Times
Andrew Gangestad brought his sturdy bass voice to the role of Brander.
LA DAMNATION DE FAUST - Boston Symphony Orchestra
Opera News Online
As the inebriated student Brander, Andrew Gangestad offered firm bass tones with jollity and dash.
DON GIOVANNI - Opera Pacific
LA Times
As Leporello, Andrew Gangestad matched Tiggs in terms of color, though he had a more crystalline edge to the voice. Except for the differences in their heights (Tiggs being taller), Leporello’s impersonation of the Don was entirely credible.
DON GIOVANNI - Opera Pacific
Opera News Online
Andrew Gangestad gave a crisply voiced, nicely understated account of Leporello.
DON CARLO - The Metropolitan Opera
Opera News Online
and Andrew Gangestad sang fulsomely as the friar.
DON CARLO - The Metropolitan Opera
The New York Sun
“Andrew Gangestad was a radiant, gleaming friar – exuding the necessary gravity, too.”
LA BOHEME - Kentucky Opera
Opera News Online
...and Andrew Gangestad (Colline), both rock-solid professionals with lovely voices.
LE NOZZE DI FIGARO - Bellingham Music Festival
The Bellingham Herald
“Bass Andrew Gangestad played a fantastic Figaro. … Gangestad seized each opportunity to maximize dramatic and comedic effect. His performance climaxed in the last act when … he sang beautifully a solo aria lamenting, ‘He who trusts a woman is a madman.’ ”
AIDA - Opera Pacific
Orange County Register
Andrew Gangestad provided a darkly stentorian Ramfis
DER FREISCHÜTZ – Opera Orchestra of New York
Opera News Online
"But the young bass, Andrew Gangestad, crowned the opera’s finale as a generous-toned hermit, setting everything right."
DER FREISCHÜTZ – Opera Orchestra of New York
New York Sun
“…and the bass Andrew Gangestad intoned the Hermit’s deus ex machina pronouncements majestically.”
DON GIOVANNI – Sarasota Opera
The Observer (Florida)
“Leporello was played with panache by Andrew Gangestad, a Sarasota Opera veteran. Not only does Gangestad sing well, he’s also an excellent character actor and he makes us savor every moment he’s on stage.”
DON GIOVANNI – Sarasota Opera
Sarasota Herald-Tribune
“Andrew Gangestad [as Leporello] was simply amazing as he nimbly negotiated some tricky fast talking and singing.”
THE EMPEROR OF ATLANTIS - Cincinnati Opera
Opera Canada
The latter, looking like a tired old warrior in ancient garb, was given a resonant dignity by bass Andrew Gangestad.
THE EMPEROR OF ATLANTIS – Cincinnati Opera
Opera News
“Andrew Gangestad’s sepulchral Death projected imposing dignity.”
THE EMPEROR OF ATLANTIS – Cincinnati Opera
The Wall Street Journal
“… strong work from bass Andrew Gangestad…”
THE EMPEROR OF ATLANTIS – Cincinnati Opera
Cincinnati CityBeat
“Andrew Gangestad acts with ancient grace and sings the score’s most persuasive material with assured power.”
THE EMPEROR OF ATLANTIS – Cincinnati Opera
The Cincinnati Post
“…bass Andrew Gangestad…sang and acted…vividly.”
LA GIOCONDA – Opera Orchestra of New York
NY Newsday
“…and young Andrew Gangestad made a star turn of the monk’s few lines.”
Macbeth – Sarasota Opera
Sarasota Herald-Tribune
“Andrew Gangestad, as Banquo, displays a bass voice of great power and beauty.”
Macbeth – Sarasota Opera
Opera Now
“Andrew Gangestad as Banquo gave [an] impressive performance.”
Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis – Berkshire Choral Festival
The Berkshire Eagle
“…and Andrew Gangestad, who revealed one of those gorgeous, even bass voices that arrives on the scene all too rarely.”
Il Barbiere di Siviglia – Connecticut Opera
The Hartford Courant
“…Gangestad—whose resonant voice was one of the evening’s pleasures…”
Semiramide – Minnesota Opera
Opera
“Andrew Gangestad must be mentioned for his solidly delivered high priest, Oroe.”
Semiramide – Minnesota Opera
Minneapolis Star Tribune
“Andrew Gangestad sang an impressive Oroe, the high priest ....”
Semiramide – Minnesota Opera
Classical Singer
“The priest Oroe was sung magnificently by bass Andrew Gangestad…This is an extremely beautiful voice, powerful, wonderfully controlled, and his singing was exceptional and stylish. One hopes to hear him again. Not many voices give this much pleasure.”
Tamerlano – Spoleto Festival USA
The Post and Courier
“Andrew Gangestad sang with startling power and resonance…”
Tamerlano – Spoleto Festival USA
Charleston City Paper
“…a humorous and richly sonorous performance…”
La Bohème – Syracuse Opera
The Ithaca Journal
“The Colline of Andrew Gangestad, whose rich bass voice lent a fine balance to ensembles, was exceptional in his brief farewell to his overcoat in Act 4.”
La Bohème – New York City Opera
The New York Times
“Andrew Gangestad, new this season, was a pleasing Colline.”
Handel’s Messiah - Charleston Symphony Orchestra
The Post and Courier
“The imposing bass voice of Andrew Gangestad rolled out with stentorian authority.”
