Zuniga – CARMEN2011

“As Tristan’s faithful retainer, Kurwenal, Stuart Pendred gave the best performance I have heard from him.”
(Seen and Heard International / Jim Pritchard)

“Stuart Pendred… comes into his own strongly and touchingly in Act Three.”
(Classicalsource / Peter Reed)

“Stuart Pendred is excellent as Kurwenal, revealing both strength and a certain warmth to his sound.”
(MusicOMH / Sam Smith)

“Stuart Pendred rose up before me- a powerful, formidable, tortured Sweeney, his pain was palpable throughout as he led us on his horrific journey.”
(Teresa Howard)

“The Minnesingers were excellent, notably Stuart Pendred as a bold and well-focused Biterolf…”
(Mark Ronan)

“Stuart Pendred’s Hagen was a suitably dark and malevolent presence, key to the slow unravelling of the whole doomed edifice.”
(The Guardian / Rian Evans)

“a palpably nasty Hagen who looks as though he’s strayed out of an episode of Wallander”
(The Telegraph / Rupert Christiansen)

“Stuart Pendred is a husky-edged, snakish Hagen”
(The Independent / Jessica Duchen)

“Stuart Pendred’s Kurwenal, touching and troubled and Harriet Williams’s glowing Brangäne enriched these supporting roles.”
(The Guardian / Fiona Maddocks)

“Stuart Pendred and Harriet Williams as ever-faithful and vocally secure companions Kurwenal and Brangäne… this was a super cast.”
(Mark Ronan Theatre Reviews