Domenico Boyagian . conductor
Music Director & Conductor . Ohio Philharmonic Orchestra
Assistant Conductor . Opera Southwest
“Boyagian appears to be a conductor for whom the music is the sole point of standing before musicians”
“ King Roger a triumph”
“Maestro Boyagian is a gifted conductor who has brought excellence and excitement to the Saint Ann Chamber Orchestra”
“Domenico Boyagian was an expressive conductor who kept everything together with admirable efficiency”
“Boyagian helped his musicians capture the passion and pathos and the tonal subtleties of those exquisite compositions”
“... and he is quite the Maestro”
“Saint Ann Chamber Orchestra debut was stunning”
“Mr. Boyagian is an extremely fine musician...”
“ The orchestra passed Mozartean tests of elegance, clarity and cohesion”
“ ... and his knowledge of the score is exemplary”
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Ohio Philharmonic applies polish to works by Mozart
by Donald Rosenberg, Cleveland Plain Dealer
Boyagian appears to be a conductor for whom the music is the sole point of standing before musicians. Leading the “Prague” Symphony, he employed economic gestures to convey the grandeur and lyricism that pervade the score.
The strings were arrayed in true classical fashion, with first and second violins on either side of the conductor to heighten their independence. Boyagian emphasized long lines and subtleties, sometimes at the expense of momentum. Mostly, the performance was a joy, from the finesse of the strings to the shining and articulate contributions of the winds, brasses and timpani.
Even more pleasurable was the “Figaro” portion of the evening, with English titles projected above the orchestra and the singers, dressed in concert attire, inhabiting their characters in front of the ensemble in semi-staged fashion.
Boyagian proved a charming host introducing the various arias and ensembles – the opera’s greatest hits, as it were – and an alert, flexible collaborator. “Figaro” is so perfect that it is best experienced in its entirety. The full finale to Act 4 would have been especially welcome.
But what was there could hardly have been more entrancing. Boyagian and the orchestra gave a wonderfully animated account of the overture and maintained sure contact and balances with the cast.
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photo Kvacek