Spungin, Jonah - Baritone

 

...Jonah Spungin, Per Lindström, and Conny Thimander [sang] the three imperial officials Ping, Pang and Pong with equal parts sadness and humor – and a touch of devilry.

 

Jonah Spungin, Per Lindström, and Conny Thimander are a fine trio, who manage to make these cardboard figures [of Ping, Pang, and Pong] believable.

 

 

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The voice placement and timbre are great...

 

Jonah Spungin was a standout in the role...

 

Jonah Spungin, that solid baritone...

 

Ingenuous aristocrat Gabriel von Eisenstein, zestfully sung by baritone Jonah Spungin...

 

Elijah's four great arias were brilliantly sung by Jonah Spungin...

 

... the vocal contributions impress with Jonah Spungin's warm baritone as Tsargo...

 

Jonah Spungin with his lyrical baritone gives human contours to Tsargo...

 

[Jonah's] baritone voice has both attack and frenzy...

 

Jonah Spungin is a showstopper: when you hear him sing, you forget there's anything else going on...

 

A funny Figaro, baritone Jonah Spungin from Ottawa, ON was delightful singing one of the most famous opera arias, Rossini's Largo al factotum (Il barbiere di Siviglia). Spungin definitely fully embodied the character...

 

Jonah Spungin was incredibly entertaining and exceedingly droll as Pooh-Bah, the obsequious jack-of-all-trades high functionary.

 

Athenodorus is sung by baritone Jonah Spungin, who has a warm tone and gravity that belies his age... [He] does his part to create the most engaging character in the production.

 

Jan, with the powerful baritone of Jonah Spungin, can be seen as a bridge between the two worlds...

 

With Jonah Spungin, it is above all the overtone-rich dramatic baritone voice that convinces us of Jan Nyman's virile manpower.

 

Jonah Spungin's baritone conveys the weight that the more experienced and skilled Jan has.