«...bravissimo basso Marek Kalbus...»
CORRIERE DELLA SERA
«...The bass baritone Marek Kalbus designed his part, thanks to its incredibly diverse voice with great sensitivity...»
MAINPOST (Frank Kupke)
«...Bass-baritone Marek Kalbus can pride himself on his exceptional dramatic talent. He was like an actor who with a profound, flexible, and powerful voice was able to bring the character's deepest agony, anger, and gloom to life...»
CRONACHE DAL PALCOSCENICO (Maria Dell)
«...Marek Kalbus with beautiful, carrying black bass...»
DER NEUE MERKER, WIEN (Friedeon Rosén)
«...a guest from Germany, Marek Kalbus impresses with an attractive, rare voice - a basso cantante with beautiful, noble sound and a wide color scale ...»
VOICE OF POLAND
«...Marek Kalbus is a king with an impressive sonorous voice...»
OPERNNETZ (Thomas Hilgemeier)
«...a fleeing declamato, that is notably enhanced by Marek Kalbus' powerful and expressive voice...»
LA REPUBBLICA (Pietro Misuraca)
«...Of particular note is the vocal and dramatic performance of the Berliner Marek Kalbus as Don Bartolo This role is normally assigned to Buffo voices. Kalbus lends his Bartolo a rarely heard vocal quality and fills the role with new life. The young Bass received great acclaim previously as Sarastro in Mozarts Zauberflöte. ...»
MAINPOST
«...Don Bartolo can be a thankless role. The appreciation for Marek Kalbus was therefore all the more deserved, his charming Bass-Bariton gave the role depth and also, where possible, dynamic...»
FRÄNKISCHER ANZEIGER
«...the powerful voice and the dramatic talent of this baritone were fascinating...»
MÄRKISCHE ODERZEITUNG
«...a resonant bass with profound depth...»
NORDKURIER
«...Marek Kalbus was excellent in his roles as chief of police and as millhand...»
EL MERCURIO
«... the baritone's voice awakes the thousands of shadows trailing the satanic Salieri and Marek Kalbus masters a distinctive declamato just as well as a soft cantabile...»
OPERACLICK (Amelia Imbarrato)
«...with Marek Kalbus' light and round bass the audience experienced a dignified Jesus...»
BONNER GENERALANZEIGER (Mathias Nofze)
«...impressing Scarpia...»
FRÄNKISCHER TAG
«...stirring King Phillip...»
FRÄNKISCHER TAG
«...Marek Kalbus' interpretation was refined and disclosed a great dramatic talent...»
GLI AMICI DELLA MUSICA (Maria Dell)
«...the rich grained voice of Marek Kalbus (his first monologue 'Vsye govoryat: nyet pravdi na zyemle' at the beginning of the opera is wonderful)...»
OPERRAVIVA
«...Marat Gali and Marek Kalbus have refined the characters' distinctions with a clear vocal profile, giving one character a kind of abstract ingenuousness, contrary to the other upon whom a resentful gloom was bestowed. They have created moments of extreme and dramatic suspense such as Salieri's "Do you believe in it?" that reveals the te line between his envy and his guilt...»
GIORNALE DI SICILIA (Sara Patera)
«...Marek Kalbus gives the best musical pleasure...»
RONDO-Klassik
«...the soloists, first of all Marek Kalbus sung excellent...»
BERLINER MORGENPOST