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Rick Vermeulen
Amsterdam, NL
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Hi. A great resource with [url=** so much useful
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Maximilian Traut
Fulda
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Sehr geehrter Herr Ikaia-Purdy,
leider habe ich Sie nach dem Konzert nicht persönlich sprechen können.
Ein überaus großes und herzliches Dankeschön für diesen grandiosen Abend, den
wir mit Ihnen gemeinsam
gestalten durften. Für mich, der im Chor selber Tenor
singt, war es ein unvergessliches Erlebnis mit Ihnen
gemeinsam zu musizieren.
Ich habe soeben durch einen Mitsänger bereits eine Abschrift der Rezension von
Morgen der Fuldaer Zeitung erhalten - der Autor, der nicht für
Überschwänglichkeit bekannt ist schlichtweg
begeistert.
Ich hoffe, Sie hatten eine schöne Zeit in Fulda und sind wieder gut nach Hause
gekommen. Ich
wünsche Ihnen von Herzen alles Gute, weiterhin großen Erfolg und
vor allem Gesundheit.
Maximilian
Traut
Staedtischer Konzertchor Winfridia Fulda
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Marc Merker
Giessen
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Mr. Ikaia Purdy,
I was at the Winfridia Italian Opera Gala last Friday evening. I wanted only to say the
concert, the soprano and before all you have much exceeded my expectations for opera in Fulda. I was not
surprised to read of your worldwide engagements. I am writing to request an undersigned photo and information
about where I can find your recordings. I have never heard a voice even to yours. Many compliments,
Marc
Merker |
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Peter Nyhuis
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Sehr geehrter Herr Ikaia-Purdy!
Ich habe sie oft in Karlsruhe gesehen und gehört.
Und immer wieder
begeistert war ich von Ihrer Stimme. Als ich mir jetzt das Jahresprogramm für die nächste Spielzeit angeschaut
habe, mußte ich feststellen, dass Sie nicht mehr in Karlsruhe singen. Das hat mich etwas traurig gestimmt. Sie
gehörten zu meinen Lieblingssängern in Karlsruhe. Vielleicht erlebe ich Sie trotzdem mal als Gast wieder.
Mit
freundlichen Grüßen
Peter Nyhuis |
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Katharina
Ludwigshafen/Rhein
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CLASSIC MEETS ROCK (21.09.11)
It was a unforgettable experience and your voice is splendidly. Creeps
purely. 
Thank you for the wonderful evening!
I hope we can see you in Ludwigshafen again.  |
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Brigitte Kubath
Karlsruhe
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Dear Keith,
congratulations zu Deinem Debut als Florestan im Fidelio. Deine Interpretation, gute und
akzentfreie Aussprache haben mich begeistert. Der Ausflug nach Dreieichenhain hat sich gelohnt!
Bravo -
bravissimo
Brigitte |
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Donald Robertson
Erbach, Germany
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Aloha Mr. Ikaia-Purdy! I was at Rick Cheyenne's concert last night. We heard him in Wiesbaden a few
weeks back, and couldn't miss the Sektfest concert. Loved his show. But what a fantastic surprise when
you popped out of the audience and knocked us all on our asses with your voice.The aria gave us chicken skin.
Then the Elvis duet. Man. We were stationed in Hawaii for 3 years, so we just loved seeing you.
You and Rick
made our night! Mahalo,
Don |
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Kay Brenner
Santa Rosa, CA
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It is so nice to be able to keep track of what you are doing. wish you'd make a stop around here...
maybe spend a little time. ;-) Would be lovely to see you again!
Love, Kay |
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Rick Vermeulen
Amsterdam
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Compliment voor jullie mooie site.
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Andrea Vermassen
Aachen
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Nice site... Very cool design! Useful information.
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Christoph Wyneken
Staufen, Germany
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Tosca, Karlsruhe 17 Maerz 2011
Es war ein mitreißende und grandiose Aufführung.
Die Stimmen von
Ihnen/Cavaradossi und ihrer Kollegin/Toska waren überwältigend.
Das Bühnenbild war sehr eindrucksvoll
und im Zusammenhang mit der für damalige
Verhältnisse (1900) "schrillen" Musik Puccinis und
dem "Reizthema" der Kirche
(offensichtlich heute so aktuell wie damals) hervorragend
nachempfunden.
Christoph Wyneken, Dirigent Landesjugendorchester Baden-Wuerttemberg |
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Joachim Metz
Saarlouis
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Dear Mr. Ikaia-Purdy, I have learnt from my voice teacher that today you have Birthday. We have met more than
a decade ago as I sang in the Kinderchor in Carmen in Saarbrücken. I remember. You I think not. In the
meantime I have been a great admirer of your Turandot in Trier and die Räuber in Karlsruhe last Spring. I am a
26 year old baritone. My teacher thinks I shall become a tenor as you did. As next I will come to your
Gioconda premiere. My great respect for your singing, and best wishes for your birthday, Joachim Metz. |
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Joachim Weider
Germany
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Hi Keith,
ich habe bei "Bajazzo 2.0" die Video-Regie gemacht.
Dein Gesang ist wirklich
wundervoll, Dein Spiel ist ebenfalls so schön in dieser Rolle. Ich habe das Stück viermal gesehen, und Du bist
einfach sehr gut. EINFACH sehr gut.
Ich habe mit der Oper im allgemeinen nichts zu tun gehabt, ich habe keine
Opern-Aufführung gesehen ( außer Bajazzo 2.0), und ich war immer genervt von den schrillen Stimmen, wenn ich
eine Oper im Radio gehört habe.
Es hat sich geändert. Dafür danke ich Dir.
Liebe Lichtgrüße
der Jo |
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G. Lang
Karlsruhe
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Sehr geehrter Herr Ikaia-Purdy,
warum in die Ferne schweifen …
Karlsruhe hat wunderbare Künstler, Sie
gehören dazu! Mit meinem Mann habe ich Sie erstmals in Adrea Chenier gehört; und im vergangenen Monat gleich
zweimal in einer Woche, Don Carlos und
I Masnadieri. Wir sind begeistert von Ihrem
Intonationsvermögen
sowie Ihrer stilsicheren Modulation. I Masnadieri besuchen wir am 9. 4. nochmals - besonders ergreifend ist
das Duett Massimiliano/Carlo.
Karlsruhe möge weiterhin Ihr „Second Home“ bleiben.
Vielen Dank! G. Lang
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Brigitte Kubath
Karlsruhe
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Dear Keith Ikaia-Purdy,
I Masnadieri in Karlsruhe – großartig!
Ihre Interpretation des Carlo
einmalig!!!
Das Badische Staatstheater kann glücklich sein,
Sie im Ensemble zu haben.
Alle Solisten,
ob A- oder B-Besetzung, sind
erstklassig und mit dem Orchester kann
Karlsruhe ebenfalls punkten.
Brigitte Kubath
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John Sanchez
Kaiserslautern
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Dear Ikaia,
Me again. We ( the usual group of 4 American ex-Pats) sat though Don Carlo again. We wanted to
see it once with Dobzanska. Once again it was so fantastic musically. Maybe better than last time. Awesome
cast. The production is a deal-killer though. I read it will not be seen again. A loss musically. (But what
was the director thinking?!) We all agreed: You are a perfect Carlo! Willeit is pretty great too.
Bravi!
Masnadieri was a joy from start to finish. New for all of us, though our German friends knew the
Schiller. Another great Karlsruhe cast. This Carlo is crazy too. A specialty of yours. Sounds like an
Otello role. We will come again when Dobzanska is on. But the girl who sang was great. (Don't have my
program here; though it was all the same men as Don Carlo. Great.)
Aloha to you. And congrats. John & CO. |
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John Sanchez
Kaiserslautern
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Dear Ikaia,
Saw your Don Carlos last Saturday in Karlsruhe. It was a great night for you and all your fellow
performers. We preferred it to the premiere cast. Still, the production is pretty bad - starts okay, then
tanks. But musically it was a triumph. We liked the new conductor very much. Terrible Auto de fe scene. What
were they thinking?! Hard to believe it was the same director as the brilliant Elisir. But your singing (all
the singing) nearly made us forget the nonsense. Oh well. But it is so fine musically. Are they really doing
no more performances? Share our bravos with your colleagues. I have never heard the first Posa duet better
sung. Best wishes until Masnadieri. Will attend the second after we're back from the States.
John |
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Clara Mehl
Luxembourg
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Dear Mr. Ikaia-Purdy,
My belated congratulations of your thrilling Kalaf in Trier this past Summer. In Trier
we have great sopranos. Great tenors are rare for us. Colleagues and I were planning on seeing the revival
now in December. I now learnt that the performances are stricken. Pity for us. My daughter and I will come to
Karlsruhe on 2nd of January for Don Carlos. We hope our favorite soprano Fr. Dobzanska will also sing. We have
seen you with her already in Manon Lescaut. That it was which inspired us to come twice for Turandot. You
know, I think, that Fr. Dobrzanska was our star here first. Best Christmas wishes and for the new year. Please
share our greetings with Fr. Dobrzanska.
Clara Mehl, Luxembourg |
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Michael Blevins
Bad Schwalbach
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The review section has been updated to include Ikaia-Purdy's recent recital in Wiesbaden, as well as Turandot
from the Trier summer festival. Recent internet reviews of the Werther DVD and the Mahler Festival have also
been added. |
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BetaGuy
Castro Valley
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Keith Ikaia-Purdy singing the aria, "Nessun dorma" is my all time favorite! It doesn't get any better than
this on any opera stage by any opera singer! First rate singing.  |
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Marc Petresic
Linz, Austria
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Dear Keith Ikaia-Purdy,
I have now seen you as Andre Chenier in Kalrsruhe and in Boheme in Wien. My
congratulations for your excelent performing. It is rare your mix of dramatic voice with mezzavoce. This I am
teaching, trying, my students. You are learning from Bergonzi. He shall be proud. Do you make master courses?
I would like for my studio an autogram foto.
Bravissimo,
Marc Petresic
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Wolfgang Ort
Wiesbaden
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Dear Sir or Homepage Publisher,
You should please update your Calender function. My wife and I have just
attended your performance in Carmen in our local Wiesbaden theater. I looked to your homepage for the cast
names and found no entry. Friends told that you sang Werther here also in the last time. This is also absent.
Please update your Calender so my wife and I will know when you are to guest here again. Congratulations for
your thrilling Don Jose. The production is unbelievable bad. We remained only for your excellent performing.
We have heard Werther production is still worser. Pity for Wiesbaden. But people will still come for you when
they know you will sing. Five of us Wiesbaden fans will come to Karlsruhe for you in Chenier next month.
Happy Christmas.
Wolfgang and Brigitte Ort |
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Roland Jansson
Copenhagen
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Dear Mr. Ikaia-Purdy, I have seen you as Don Carlos now here in Copenhagen and in Oslo. My congratulations
for your most excellent representations. Most especially I complement your great scene with Mrs Harteros in
Act Two. But all was quite wonderful. Your type of dark tenor voice is rare in Scandanavian lands. My Oslo
friend was very surprised, but this is for me Verdi singing. Despite the controversy at the end he is also
convinced. We look forward to your soonest return. Aloha. |
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FILIBERTO FANDIÑO F.
VENEZUELA
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buen tenor, es justo una de las nuevas caras que hacen falta para que la opera siga llegando a las mas
grandes alturas de evolucion |
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Roman Lauder
Wien
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Lieber Herr Purdy,
Ich möchte ihnen gratulieren zu ihrer Vorstellung als Arrigo.
Diese gefürchtete Partie
von Anfang bis zum Schluss so souveren und Kraftvoll zu singen ist warhaftig eine Meisterleistung.
Meiner
Meinung nach gibt es zur Zeit nicht mal eine Hand voll Tenöre die diese partie so singen können.
Und das
Puplikum hat es ihnen offensichtlich gedankt.
Herzlichste Gratulation |
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Ute Rosbach
Stuttgart
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Dear Mr. Ikaia-Purdy,
I wish to repeat here the heartfelt congratulations my son and I offered you at the
artist entrance following last Sunday's Manon Lescaut performance. If such were possible, we think your
DesGrieux topped even your gorgeous Jose here in Stuttgart. And although we had wished to see Fr. Dobrzanska,
Fr. Niessen was a lovely surprise. Please do remember to send my son an autograph foto in the envelope he
pressed into your hands when we met.
Most respectfully,
U. Rosbach |
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Mark Blylethen
Nottingham; England
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Dear Sir,
I attended your San Sepulcro recital with Chiara Chialli last Spring. Belated bravos for a
wonderful evening. I recommend that you upload some of your videos to youtube. Of course many excellent ones
are already there, but your "O paradis" is among the finest I have ever heard! It deserves wider circulation.
For that matter, so does the "Amor ti vieta." I look forward to your return to London; as far as I can tell
from your website, you had only one very well reviewed Garden performance in Alzira. Trust me, we need you. My
best regards for your admirable artistry.
Mark Blylethen, Nottingham, England |
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Ron Wheeler
Warner Robins, Georgia
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Hello Keith,
I've never been fortunate enough to see you perform, but I knew your mother and father well. I
worked at Camp Smith with your mother in the late '80's and met your dad on many occasions. They were very
proud of you and Fi kept all of us in the office up to date on your career.
If I ever get back to Europe,
I'll check your schedule and perhaps I can catch a performance.
Best regards,
Ron Wheeler |
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John Sanchez
Karlsruhe
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Dear Mr. Ikaia-Purdy, I see I am the second one to write about your Pinkerton last weekend. You met my wife
and me in the theater cafe and signed our program after the performance. I wanted only to say again what a
pleasant surprise to find opera and singers at such a great level in Karlsruhe my new home. That's a big
complement from the son of a old Met chorister. Please congratulate Miss Dobrazanska as well. We are coming
with more ex-Pat friends to your Tosca tomorrow night. Break a leg! John Sanchez |
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Roger Buchmann
Karlsruhe
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Dear Mr. Ikaia-Purdy
Yesterday (29th Jan.08) I attended your concert in Karlsruhe. Your performance as Mr.
Pinkerton in Madame Butterfly really blew everyone away. Your voice also matched wonderfully with Barbara
Dobrzanska. As I write and record symphonic metal music, I got new inspiration for new songs through you.
Thank you! Best regards. Roger Buchmann |
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