Andrew O'Connor

Reviews

O’Connor’s rich warm bass baritone voice has an interesting, almost harmonic ‘edge’ to it giving it uncommon power and crispness, but never ear-piercing [...] and he put together a most engaging program. He has excellent control of his light vibrato, coupled with captivating expression (including facially), all underscored by an incredible and effortless range for his vocal register. Never once did he miss a pitch, even in impossible intervals, and his timing was impeccable. // Canberra City News

O’Connor was a standout as Christus. Set behind the musicians, and directly facing the conductor, his voice reverberated through the lofty church as if disembodied, or perhaps even emanating from a place not of this world’ // Cut Common Magazine

‘… the textured, fine-wine bass of Andrew O’Connor’s Jesus singing ‘Regnum meum non est de hoc mundo’, and whether or not one does believe, it seems His kingdom is truly not of this world.’ // Arts Hub

Particular praise should go the ensemble’s newest member, Bass Andrew O’Connor, who was a faultless foundation throughout the evening, but also made full use of the gloriously generous acoustic of St Mary’s Crypt' // Limelight Magazine

The three soloists were all impressive with baritone Andrew O’Connor particularly so. His range is incredible and is beautifully pure at both ends of the spectrum. // Canberra City News

The three solo singers met the demands of the score very well. Andrew O’Connor, baritone, was especially impressive with the quiet ‘Omnia Sol Temperat’ and the dramatic ‘Ego sum abbas’. // Canberra Critics Circle

Andrew O’Connor brought his warm, all-encompassing bass to Pilate. // Limelight Magazine

'Andrew O’Connor was very impressive as Pilate. He projected well and provided both the authority of a Roman governor as well as conveying Pilate’s empathy with the innocent Christ. // Sounds Like Sydney

This was an extremely well crafted and considered composition that explored many shadings of colour from instrumental combinations. Baritone Andrew O’Connor, who was a guest soloist, relieved the lines of text with tenderness and delicacy, his velvety voice gliding atop the musical lines from the chamber ensemble. O’Connor’s expression and shading in these songs brought the poetry and the text to the fore.' // Cut Common Magazine

‘Basses David Greco and Andrew O’Connor project well together in the thundery conclusion to Part One’ Limelight Magazine

Musically and vocally dazzling… the basses David Greco and Andrew O’Connor were excellent in their stormy tempestuous duet. The conclusion of part 1 was an exceptional highlight. // Arts Hub

Basses David Greco and Andrew O’Connor duelled with resonant, skilfully crafted trills at thirty paces in the duet Er donnert. // Sydney Morning Herald

Muscular and plentiful in rugged bass voice, Greco impressed… as did O’Connor in “Sie Stürzt Die Stolzen Gebirge Zusammen” with his smoky timbre and contrasting smooth, lyrical style. Greco and O’Connor’s ricocheting duet, “Er donnert, daß er verherrlichet werde”, highlighted the panache of a maverick with its wowing, earth-shattering display of the action and reaction of lighting and thunder, sung with Brian Nixon’s rumbling timpani. The second part soared with equal magnificence, including O’Connor’s flexible agitations in “Scharf Sind Deine Geschosse” Opera Chaser

The fine playing was complemented by four excellent vocal soloists. Baritone Andrew O’Connor was quite outstanding with a voice of wonderful depth and projection. // Canberra City News

The vocal soloists […] were well-matched in timbre and style. There were many highlights, among them […] the melismatic lines of Andrew O’Connor who retained a lightness despite the lower tessitura. // Sounds Like Sydney