Teddy Tahu Rhodes Photo: Cal Creary
New Zealand bass-baritone Teddy Tahu Rhodes talks with Clarissa Dunn about what he’ll be looking for as he adjudicates the semi-finals and final of this year’s Lexus Song Quest.
“Ultimately", says Rhodes, "it’s the performance on the night.”
"I really want to see [the contestants] on stage."
“If they can get out of themselves and be in the song and tell us the story and be that character whilst singing this glorious music, then they’ll shine.”
Music details
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Let beauty awake, from Songs of Travel - Teddy Tahu Rhodes (bar), Sharolyn Kimmorley (pno) (ABC Classics 476 7175)
Winning performance at the 1991 Mobil Song Quest
MOZART: Aprite un po' quegli occhi, from The Marriage of Figaro - Teddy Tahu Rhodes (bar), New Zealand SO (RNZ 1991)
Produced by Robyn Jaquiery.
