World-renowned tenor Arnold Bezuyen has captivated audiences around the globe with his exquisite voice, well-focused theatrical finesse and incomparable musicality. His vast repertoire includes a wide range of characters from Loge and Mime to Erik and Siegfried.
In the 2015/16 season, Mr. Bezuyen will perform as Hauptmann in Wozzeck at the Enesco Festival in Bucharest, Alfred in Die Fledermaus and Gregor in The Makropulos Case at Innsbruck and will travel to Tokyo giving concerts of songs by Richard Strauss. In recent seasons he has appeared as Loge in Das Rheingold under the baton of Marek Janowski in Tokyo, Arindal in Die Feen in Leipzig, Mr. Broucek in Janáček’s The Excursions of Mr. Broucek at Frankfurt Opera, Erik in Der fliegende Höllander at the National Theater Wiesbaden, Mime in Das Rheingold and Siegfried in Bucharest, and Siegfried in Götterdämmerung in Friedrichshafen. Read More
Beethoven |
Smetana |
Bach - Matthäus-Passion |
Mahler(weiter) - Das Klagendes Lied |
“Und natürlich der fast bis zum Schluss tadellose, exzellent wortverständliche Gesang, mit dem Arnold Bezuyen seinen ersten Siegfried meistert!”
Joachim Lange, MITTELDEUTSCHE ZEITUNG, 2012
“Arnold Bezuyen hat diesen angenehm timbrierten schönstimmigen Siegfried-Tenor, dem er auch zu seinem martialischen Äußeren große Kraft beimischen kann.”
Friedeon Rosén, DER NEUE MARKER, 2012
“Und mit dem Bayreutherprobten Arnold Bezuyen in seinem Siegfried-Debüt einen betörend lyrischen Siegfried auf die Szene bringt. Bezuyen spielt den Kraftprotz Siegfried nur optisch; stimmlich liebt er leise Zwischentöne und warme Farben.”
Frank Piontek, DER OPERNFREUND, 2012
“The Dutch tenor Arnold Bezuyen, in his Met debut, brought a bright, agile voice and impish ways to the role of Loge, the demi-god of fire and trickery.” Das Rheingold (The Metropolitan Opera)
Anthony Tommasini, NEW YORK TIMES, 2011
“Eine sehr schöne Überraschung war der Bacchus von Arnold Bezuyen, der die Rolle aus dem Klischee des eitlen Tenors nahm und seinen Schlussauftritt in schicker Freizeit-Kluft blendend sang. Ein richtiger Strauss-Tenor, von Herodes bis Apollo - sind derer wenig dort zur Stell.”
Wilhelm Guschlbauer, DER NEUE MARKER, 2011
“Bacchus: the brave Arnold... The Dutch tenor has resisted easily the terribly difficult, blaring overhead tessitura of Bacchus.”
Philippe Venturini, LES ÉCHOS, 2011
“Much has been made of Freyer's elaborate, alien-looking costumes, which include face-covering masks and headgear as well as expression-freezing make-up. The singers have had to find new ways of getting their characters across, of conveying their emotions, and this they did extremely well, through body language and voice inflection. As the crafty Loge, god of fire, Arnold Bezuyen drips with vocal cunning, sweetly lyrical and cajoling when he's duplicitous, cackling merrily when he's gotten his way. Das Rheingold (Los Angeles Opera)”
Timothy Mangan, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER, 2010
“At a different point, he might have murmured, 'Lady Gaga.' As Loge, the wonderfully emotive tenor Arnold Bezuyen wore that strange diva's signature oversized shoulder pads. His hair and makeup, on the other hand, was reminiscent of Bono as MacPhisto: this devilish trickster could command an arena-rock crowd. And then there were his Converse sneakers, the uniform shoe of indie rock musicians like Kurt Cobain”
Ann Powers, LOS ANGELES TIMES, 2010