[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ custom_padding_last_edited=”on|desktop” module_class=”biografija” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ background_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” background_image=”https:\/\/www.edgarasmontvidas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/atsiliepimai_7.jpg” custom_padding_tablet=”50px|0|50px|0″ custom_padding_phone=”” hover_enabled=”0″ transparent_background=”on” padding_mobile=”off” make_fullwidth=”off” use_custom_width=”off” width_unit=”on” global_colors_info=”{}” background_size=”contain” background_position=”top_right” sticky_enabled=”0″][et_pb_row padding_mobile=”off” module_class=”pavadinimas2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” make_fullwidth=”off” use_custom_width=”off” width_unit=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_layout=”dark” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n
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Edgaras Montvidas\u2019s incarnation of the poet Prunier is vivid and resonant…<\/em><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_testimonial][et_pb_divider color=”#949494″ disabled_on=”on|on|off” admin_label=”Divider” module_class=”linija” _builder_version=”4.16″ height=”0.5px” hide_on_mobile=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_divider][et_pb_testimonial quote_icon=”off” admin_label=”Testimonial” _builder_version=”4.16″ use_background_color=”off” background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_layout=”dark” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” global_colors_info=”{}”] …it was left to Edgaras Montvidas, playing the poet Prunier with a debonair, slightly effete [\/et_pb_testimonial][et_pb_divider color=”#949494″ disabled_on=”on|on|off” admin_label=”Divider” module_class=”linija” _builder_version=”4.16″ height=”0.5px” hide_on_mobile=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_divider][et_pb_testimonial quote_icon=”off” admin_label=”Testimonial” _builder_version=”4.16″ use_background_color=”off” background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_layout=”dark” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” global_colors_info=”{}”]…Edgaras Montvidas, excellent as the effete Prunier… [\/et_pb_testimonial][et_pb_divider color=”#949494″ disabled_on=”on|on|off” admin_label=”Divider” module_class=”linija” _builder_version=”4.16″ height=”0.5px” hide_on_mobile=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_divider][et_pb_testimonial quote_icon=”off” admin_label=”Testimonial” _builder_version=”4.16″ use_background_color=”off” background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_layout=”dark” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” global_colors_info=”{}”]Edgaras Montvidas\u2019 immaculate vocal and physical exploration of the sophisticated society [\/et_pb_testimonial][et_pb_divider color=”#949494″ disabled_on=”on|on|off” admin_label=”Divider” module_class=”linija” _builder_version=”4.16″ height=”0.5px” hide_on_mobile=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_divider][et_pb_testimonial quote_icon=”off” admin_label=”Testimonial” _builder_version=”4.16″ use_background_color=”off” background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_layout=”dark” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” global_colors_info=”{}”]Edgaras Montvidas…in particular, aided by his tall stature, fashioned a genuinely [\/et_pb_testimonial][et_pb_divider color=”#949494″ disabled_on=”on|on|off” admin_label=”Divider” module_class=”linija” _builder_version=”4.16″ height=”0.5px” hide_on_mobile=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_divider][et_pb_testimonial quote_icon=”off” admin_label=”Testimonial” _builder_version=”4.16″ use_background_color=”off” background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_layout=”dark” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n The cast is a mixed bag, but Edgaras Montvidas`s handsome, jucy-toned Tom is one of the most convincing I have seen. [\/et_pb_testimonial][et_pb_divider color=”#949494″ disabled_on=”on|on|off” admin_label=”Divider” module_class=”linija” _builder_version=”4.16″ height=”0.5px” hide_on_mobile=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_divider][et_pb_testimonial quote_icon=”off” admin_label=”Testimonial” _builder_version=”4.16″ use_background_color=”off” background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_layout=”dark” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” global_colors_info=”{}”] Montvidas and Page are outstanding. Montvidas dark-voiced and vulnerable: those moments when Stravinsky allows his emotions to penetrate the artifice are simply overwhelimng. [\/et_pb_testimonial][et_pb_divider color=”#949494″ disabled_on=”on|on|off” admin_label=”Divider” module_class=”linija” _builder_version=”4.16″ height=”0.5px” hide_on_mobile=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_divider][et_pb_testimonial quote_icon=”off” admin_label=”Testimonial” _builder_version=”4.16″ use_background_color=”off” background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_layout=”dark” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” global_colors_info=”{}”] But it`s hearbeat is that of the Lithuanian tenor who unihibitedly lives Tom`s infatuations, his pubescent sense of entitlment, his pride, his self-indulgence and derangent, veneral shame. To hear Stravinsky`s music sung with such a sense of line and color, such dash and elan, such opulence and intensity, is revelatory.<\/em><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_testimonial][et_pb_divider color=”#949494″ disabled_on=”on|on|off” admin_label=”Divider” module_class=”linija” _builder_version=”4.16″ height=”0.5px” hide_on_mobile=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_divider][et_pb_testimonial quote_icon=”off” admin_label=”Testimonial” _builder_version=”4.16″ use_background_color=”off” background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_layout=”dark” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” global_colors_info=”{}”] Vocally the Tom Rakewell of Lithuanian Edgaras Montvidas had much to offer, his sappy tenor catching nicely the character\u2019s initial ebullience and optimism. A fast vibrato and fruity tone heightened the impress of an endearingly perky fellow genuinely keen to make his mark on society. But Montvidas was excellent also at suggesting Tom\u2019s naivety and lack of worldly experience\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_testimonial][et_pb_divider color=”#949494″ disabled_on=”on|on|off” admin_label=”Divider” module_class=”linija” _builder_version=”4.16″ height=”0.5px” hide_on_mobile=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_divider][et_pb_testimonial quote_icon=”off” admin_label=”Testimonial” _builder_version=”4.16″ use_background_color=”off” background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_layout=”dark” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n …Edgaras Montvidas shines as the smarmy, honey-voiced Duke.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_testimonial][et_pb_divider color=”#949494″ disabled_on=”on|on|off” admin_label=”Divider” module_class=”linija” _builder_version=”4.16″ height=”0.5px” hide_on_mobile=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_divider][et_pb_testimonial quote_icon=”off” admin_label=”Testimonial” _builder_version=”4.16″ use_background_color=”off” background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_layout=”dark” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” global_colors_info=”{}”]…a notably graceful account of Parmi veder le lagrime…everything he sang showed musical intelligence and good style.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_testimonial][et_pb_divider color=”#949494″ disabled_on=”on|on|off” admin_label=”Divider” module_class=”linija” _builder_version=”4.16″ height=”0.5px” hide_on_mobile=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_divider][et_pb_testimonial quote_icon=”off” admin_label=”Testimonial” _builder_version=”4.16″ use_background_color=”off” background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_layout=”dark” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” global_colors_info=”{}”]…Edgaras Montvidas\u2019 virile, virulent Duke…Montvidas\u2019 sex addict Duke, a man whose dissembling sweet talk disguises a sledgehammer seduction technique. His La donna \u00e9 mobile is callous, lusty, lyrical and carefree, with a frustrated edge that borders on the psychopathetic.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_testimonial][et_pb_divider color=”#949494″ disabled_on=”on|on|off” admin_label=”Divider” module_class=”linija” _builder_version=”4.16″ height=”0.5px” hide_on_mobile=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_divider][et_pb_testimonial quote_icon=”off” admin_label=”Testimonial” _builder_version=”4.16″ use_background_color=”off” background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_layout=”dark” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” global_colors_info=”{}”]…Edgaras Montvidas\u2019 towering and manful portrayal of the Duke, superbly sung and every bit the lucky survivor.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_testimonial][et_pb_divider color=”#949494″ disabled_on=”on|on|off” admin_label=”Divider” module_class=”linija” _builder_version=”4.16″ height=”0.5px” hide_on_mobile=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_divider][et_pb_testimonial quote_icon=”off” admin_label=”Testimonial” _builder_version=”4.16″ use_background_color=”off” background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_layout=”dark” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n The Lithuanian tenor Edgaras Montvidas gave Lensky youthful charm and a suave voice\u2026 [\/et_pb_testimonial][et_pb_divider color=”#949494″ disabled_on=”on|on|off” admin_label=”Divider” module_class=”linija” _builder_version=”4.16″ height=”0.5px” hide_on_mobile=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_divider][et_pb_testimonial quote_icon=”off” admin_label=”Testimonial” _builder_version=”4.16″ use_background_color=”off” background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_layout=”dark” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_testimonial][et_pb_divider color=”#949494″ disabled_on=”on|on|off” admin_label=”Divider” module_class=”linija” _builder_version=”4.16″ height=”0.5px” hide_on_mobile=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_divider][et_pb_testimonial quote_icon=”off” admin_label=”Testimonial” _builder_version=”4.16″ use_background_color=”off” background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_layout=”dark” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Les voix sont superbes\u2026le t\u00e9nor somptueusement lyrique d\u2019Edgaras Montvidas. [\/et_pb_testimonial][et_pb_divider color=”#949494″ disabled_on=”on|on|off” admin_label=”Divider” module_class=”linija” _builder_version=”4.16″ height=”0.5px” hide_on_mobile=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_divider][et_pb_testimonial quote_icon=”off” admin_label=”Testimonial” _builder_version=”4.16″ use_background_color=”off” background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_layout=”dark” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” global_colors_info=”{}”]On note aussi dans Renard la presence du tenor Edgaras Montvidas, don\u2019t la voix, bien que charpent\u00e9e, nimbe ensuite de po\u00e9sie le chant du P\u00eacheur. [\/et_pb_testimonial][et_pb_divider color=”#949494″ disabled_on=”on|on|off” admin_label=”Divider” module_class=”linija” _builder_version=”4.16″ height=”0.5px” hide_on_mobile=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_divider][et_pb_testimonial quote_icon=”off” admin_label=”Testimonial” _builder_version=”4.16″ use_background_color=”off” background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_layout=”dark” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_testimonial][et_pb_divider color=”#949494″ disabled_on=”on|on|off” admin_label=”Divider” module_class=”linija” _builder_version=”4.16″ height=”0.5px” hide_on_mobile=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_divider][et_pb_testimonial quote_icon=”off” admin_label=”Testimonial” _builder_version=”4.16″ use_background_color=”off” background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_layout=”dark” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” global_colors_info=”{}”]Montvidas, on the other hand seems perfect from the start\u2026pleasing on the ear, and matched by touchingly earnest acting. His Una furtiva lagrima is done with a rare gracefulness rather than showboating histrionics.<\/em><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_testimonial][et_pb_divider color=”#949494″ disabled_on=”on|on|off” admin_label=”Divider” module_class=”linija” _builder_version=”4.16″ height=”0.5px” hide_on_mobile=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_divider][et_pb_testimonial quote_icon=”off” admin_label=”Testimonial” _builder_version=”4.16″ use_background_color=”off” background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_layout=”dark” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” global_colors_info=”{}”] [\/et_pb_testimonial][et_pb_divider color=”#949494″ disabled_on=”on|on|off” admin_label=”Divider” module_class=”linija” _builder_version=”4.16″ height=”0.5px” hide_on_mobile=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_divider][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" REVIEWS PUCCINI La rondine, The Royal Opera, Covent Garden Edgaras Montvidas\u2019s incarnation of the poet Prunier is vivid and resonant… Michael Church, The Independent, 8 July, 2013 …it was left to Edgaras Montvidas, playing the poet Prunier with a debonair, slightly effete air, to take centre stage with some of the panache that was missing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1573","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edgarasmontvidas.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1573","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edgarasmontvidas.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edgarasmontvidas.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgarasmontvidas.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgarasmontvidas.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1573"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgarasmontvidas.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1573\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3476,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgarasmontvidas.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1573\/revisions\/3476"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edgarasmontvidas.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Michael Church, The Independent, 8 July, 2013<\/h6>\n
\nair, to take centre stage with some of the panache that was missing elsewhere…<\/em><\/p>\nRichard Fairman, Financial Times, 9 July, 2013<\/h6>\n
\n<\/em><\/p>\nErica Jeal, The Guardian, 8 July, 2013<\/h6>\n
\nwit Prunier.<\/em><\/p>\nGeorge Hall, The Stage, 9 July, 2013<\/h6>\n
\npersuasive character, a charming poseur forced by the heart to drop the pose…
\n<\/em><\/p>\nRuss McDonald, Opera, September, 2013<\/h6>\n
STRAVINSKY The Rake`s progress, Scottish opera<\/h3>\n
\n<\/em><\/p>\nHugh Canning, Sunday Times 25 March, 2012<\/h6>\n
\n<\/em><\/p>\nTim Ashley, The Guardian 18 March 2012<\/h6>\n
Anna Picard, The Independent, 25 March 2012<\/h6>\n
Opera Britannia, 21 March 2012<\/h6>\n
VERDI Rigoletto, Opera North<\/h3>\n
Kate Molleson, The Guardian, 18 May, 2011<\/h6>\n
Rupert Christiansen, The Telegraph, 13 May, 2011<\/h6>\n
Sarah Urwin Jones, The Times, 13 May, 2011<\/h6>\n
Kenneth Walton, The Scotsman, 14 May, 2011<\/h6>\n
TSCHAIKOVSKY Eugene Onegin, Op\u00e9ra de Lyon<\/h3>\n
\n<\/em><\/p>\nErna Metdepenninghen, Opera, August, 2011<\/h6>\n
JoyceDiDonato \u2013 DivaDivo, Virgin Classics recording<\/h3>\n
\nThe Lituanian Montvidas, Almaviva in the Barbiere item and Tebaldo in the Capuleti, has a tenor voice one would be particularly glad to hear more of.<\/em><\/p>\nMax Loppert, Opera, June, 2011<\/h6>\n
STRAVINSKY Le Renard\/Le Rossignol, Aix-en-Provence Festival<\/h3>\n
\n(The voices are superb\u2026the sumptuously lyric tenor of Edgaras Montvidas.)<\/p>\nLe Figaro, July 2010<\/h6>\n
\n(Notable also in Renard is the presence of tenor Edgaras Montvidas, whose voice, although robust, swathes the song of the Fisherman (Rossignol) in poetry.)<\/em><\/p>\nForum Opera, July 2010<\/h6>\n
DONIZETTI L\u2019elisir d\u2019amore, Scottish Opera, September 2009<\/h3>\n
\nStrong performances cemented the success of the production; however the star of the evening was undoubtedly Edgaras Montvidas, whose Nemorino was sweetly earnest and beautifully sung.<\/em><\/p>\nRowena Smith, The Guardian, 24 September 2009<\/h6>\n
Richard Morrison, The Times, 25 September 2009<\/h6>\n
\nEdgaras Montvidas brings to Nemorino a sympathetic fragility with enough emotive power to evoke his ultimate triumph.<\/em><\/p>\nKen Walton, The Scotsman, 25 September 2009<\/h6>\n