Indianapolis
Opera – The Magic Flute
“Monostatos (Joseph
Gaines) looked authentically Egyptian and svelte in a revealing
mini-skirt and collar...
Gaines sang Monostatos's music beautifully while cavorting about
the stage.”
- Opera News Online (2007)
Glimmerglass Opera
– Orpheus in the Underworld“Joyce Castle
(Public Opinion) and Jake Gardner (Jupiter) performed with skill
and comic nuance, sang well, and comported themselves like the
seasoned pros that they are. They were matched by a wonderfully
fey, wonderfully sung “Mercury” from tenor Joseph
Gaines, who by the way, also gave a lovely Young Artist’s
recital at week’s end accompanied by Timothy Hoekman.”
-Opera Today
(2007)
“More
good work came from … tenor Joseph Gaines as Mercury, who
reports that ‘hell, fire and damnation are not as unsavory’
as he was led to believe. Mercury's patter song was cut from the production,
but operagoers can hear Gaines sing it in French (the production
is sung in English) during the pre-performance lecture.”
-The
Oneida Daily Dispatch (2007)
Indianapolis Opera – Falstaff
“The
sweet-voiced Bardolfo of Joseph Gaines could have been singing
Fenton… The rapport and interplay between Condy, Gaines
and Plourde was a particular delight.”
-Opera News Online (2007)
Regina Opera – Madama Butterfly
“Joseph Gaines
was a scene-stealing Goro, his fine robust and secure tenor and
amusing deportment in his gold Japanese robe and black bowler
that made him an intriguing character. Goro’s being the
‘victim’ of Cio-Cio-San’s wrath when he spread
rumors that ‘Sorrow’ was not necessarily Pinkerton’s
child, was very well done. Gaines had the audiences’ attention
at all times. He is naturally stage-worthy.”
-The
Italian Voice (2007)
St. Thomas Church Fifth Avenue – Messiah
“The strong soloists were ... Joseph Gaines, tenor…
all of whom often sang with dramatic flair and plenty of bite.”
-New York Times (2006)
Central
City Opera – The Coronation of Poppea
“Tenor Joseph Gaines makes the most of the minor role Liberto…”
-Denver Post (2006)
Houston Chamber Choir – St. John Passion
"The back-and-forth
change of leadership worked without a hitch, and the performance
kept momentum because of the totally engaged singing of Joseph
Gaines as the Evangelist. He was the standout of the evening. In contrast
to most of the other singers, his English diction was excellent.
He vividly declaimed the text taken from the Gospel According
to St. John. He used a wide
palette of vocal colors to establish the right emotional tone
for every moment. His work was filled with character."
-Houston
Chronicle (2005)
Houson
Bach Society – St.
John Passion
"...tenor Joseph Gaines sang with ardor."
-Houston
Chronicle (2005)
Washington
Bach Consort – “Leipzig Legacy”
"Soprano Jacqueline Horner, alto Patricia Green, tenor Joseph
Gaines and bass James Weaver were a uniformly strong ensemble..."
-Washington Post (2004)
“…all
four vocal soloists (Jacqueline Horner, Patricia Green, Joseph
Gaines, and James Weaver) performed well.”
-Ionarts (2004)
Mercury Baroque Ensemble
– Messiah
"...the outstanding
tenor solos offered by tenor Joseph Gaines ... held the attention
of the audience for nearly three hours .... Tenor Joseph Gaines
was the outstanding soloist, singing with warmth and arching phrases
that had an unquestionable logic."
-Arts Houston (2004)
Washington Bach Consort
– St. Matthew Passion
"...Joseph Gaines
sang with resilient soulfulness."
-Washington
Post (2004)
Mercury
Baroque Ensemble – Messiah
"Tenor Joseph Gaines ... was the best of the quartet in conveying
the meaning of key words."
-Houston
Chronicle (2004)
Houston Bach Society – Bach Christmas
Oratorio
"Tenor Joseph Gaines
offered snap-crackle singing as the Evangelist..."
-Houston
Chronicle (2003)
Washington Bach Consort
– “Magnificat Times Three”
"The soloists were
... tenor Joseph Gaines ... in outstanding material, they gave
distinguished performances."
-Washington
Post (2003)
Houston Chamber
Choir – 1610 Vespers
"Gaines had the largest part of the solo work, which he handled
with a nice sense of style."
-Houston
Chonicle (2003)
Hochschule
für Musik und Theater, Leipzig – Eugene
Onegin
"Joseph Gaines
did complete justice to the unusually high acting demands of this
Triquet."
-Leipzig
Almanach (2002)
"[Director]
Matthias Oldag let all threads of this tragic play come together
with Joseph Gaines' Triquet."
-Leipziger Volkszeitung (2002)
Hochschule für Musik und Theater, Leipzig – Die Israeliten
in der Wüste
"The native Texan Joseph Gaines (tenor) proved to be
the shining choice for this work. He mastered the somewhat extensive
portions of Aaron at the beginning and the end with oustanding
pronunciation and clarity of text, clear and clean intonation,
as well as appropriate expression."
-Leipzig
Almanach (2002)
Landesjugendorchester
Sachsen – HMS Royal Oak
"...individual
settings came out best, such as the Panama Song with the American
Joseph Gaines..."
-Sächsische Zeitung (2002)
"A
large tenor part gave us the chance to get to know a young American
singer, who presently studies in Leipzig. Joseph Gaines
had a wonderfully clear lyric voice with a gently responsive upper
range."
-Dresdner Neueste Nachrichten (2002)
University of Houston Moores
Opera Center
– Euridice
“Joseph
Gaines plays a wonderfully love-stricken Orpheus.”
-The Daily Cougar (2001)
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