Reviews
"Others, less experienced but seemingly with plenty of stage confidence, already coupled with real vocal talent...Daniel Keating-Roberts (ct, Amor) seemed to relish the dramatic opportunities Montiverdi offers...Keating-Roberts has an unusually strong counter-tenor which, coupled with an eye for comedy, gave indications of a natural talent in the manner of a Robson or Visse" Opera Today
" Daniel Keating-Roberts as Mars, red bodied as well as red blooded in this production, has an astonishingly powerful and well produced counter-tenor. He made a strong impression." Opera magazine
"'DANIEL IS STAR OF FEATIVE OPENER' ...Yet this year produced a magical bonus: at 23, the counter-tenor, Daniel Keating-Roberts, is the best young alto I have heard for many a year.
A former cathedral chorister, at home in this setting, the voice is truly and gently mellifluous.
None of the nasal, strangulated vocals so often associated with this register: just pure tone, effortlessly produced by a singer I predict has a brilliant future. Liverpool Echo
"The vocal range of the singers, some of whom were very young, was remarkable. Final year music student Daniel Keating-Roberts as Mars was little short of magnificent, with a high, silvery vocal register." Galway Advertiser
"...becoming a famous singer has distinct possibilities. Anyone who has heard the young counter-tenor in the last 12 months... will agree. There is a strong suggestion that singing counter-tenor came naturally to Daniel, given the easy, melifluous flow, projection and power of his singing." Feature, Sheffield Telegraph, 'Stars in Making'
"Sheffield were fortunate to have the highly promising young, high counter-tenor Daniel Keating-Roberts on hand to ring the sexual changes. This emotionally wide-ranging Mars, physically and vocally striking, provided the lynchpin of the drama." Zarzuela magazine
