A Warm Night (Dead Man Walking) - Jake Heggie

Joel Balzun, baritone
from the South Florida premiere of Jake Heggie's "Dead Man Walking" with Miami Music Festival. July 27, 2017.
“Joel Balzun, como el reo en el pabellón de la muerte, tuvo momentos brillantes y fue siempre muy creíble en su papel.” [“Joel Balzun, as the death row inmate, achieved brilliant moments, and in every way made his role believable.”]
Daniel Fernández, el Nuevo Herald, July 2017
“As De Rocher, the baritone Joel Balzun was the portrait of the slovenly, scary Death Row inmate, with shackles, tattoos and an exposed undershirt. With a stentorian voice, he managed his character’s transformation from the face of criminal menace glaring from the newspaper photos to a portrait of raw humanity, filled with fear, guilt and a wisp of hope that something could transform his life this late in the game.”
David Fleshler, South Florida Classical Review, July 2017
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