He is one of the leading members of the exclusive club of heroic tenors currently in international
demand. As Tristan, Lohengrin, Stolzing, Siegfried – he has always been convincing with his lyrical and tonal qualities and simultaneous irresistible assertiveness, even in the most demanding heroic roles. John Treleaven gave himself and his voice time and avoided singing
the gruelling Wagner heroic roles too early, a fact to which he today owes the conditioned constitution with which he is able to preserve the control of phrasing and figuration at all times while exercising his full power. The Independent wrote of the Siegfried at Covent Garden in October 2005: “Treleavan is splendid. His singing is unusually varied and he has remarkable staying power. If there is one thing that most Siegfrieds cannot convey it is a feeling of lightness.
Treleaven does it!“
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