Here are a few of the critiques Paul has received over the last few years.

‘Paul Keohone sang the role of Theseus with lyric relish’ (Minotaur – Scottish Opera 2004)

Opera Magazine

 

‘Paul Keohone as the conniving Sacristan gives a very human portrayal’ (Tosca – Scottish Opera 2004)

The Stage

 

‘Quite brilliant, a massive triumph for Keohone’ (8 Songs for a Mad King – Ensemble 10/10 2004)

Liverpool Daily Post

 

 Paul Keohone’s powerful singing of Escamillo is the strongest of a series of fine individual performances’ (Carmen  - West End Festival, Glasgow 2003)

Glasgow Herald

 

Paul Keohone’s Escamillo is so suave and self confident that macho projection would be redundant’ (Carmen – West End festival, Glasgow 2003)

The Scotsman

 

‘Baritone Paul Keohone was splendid as Schaunard’  (Boheme – Opera on a Shoestring 2002)                                                          

Scottish Sunday Express

 

‘Paul Keohone (Corpo) brought variety of tone colour and dynamic – and a real sense of conflict – to his singing that no one else quite matched.’(Rappresentazione di Anima e di Corpo by De Cavalieri in Southwark Cathedral2001)

The Times

 

‘Paul Keohone sang with such range and compassion, a joy to behold!’(Messiah- Harrogate)           

Harrogate Gazette

 

..a man with a mission, to take opera to the people – and it is difficult to imagine anyone better qualified to do so’ (after opera Gala with the Peoples Opera at The Clapham Grand in London 2001)                                                                                                                                London Evening Standard

 

‘ It is normally the story telling Evangelist who takes top honours, but this year they were most certainly jointly shared with Paul Keohone’s mellifluous and authoritative Christ figure.’ (Bach: St. Matthew Passion in Liverpool Cathedral2002)

Liverpool Echo

 

‘It is extremely rare to encounter lyric artists like Paul Keohone whose expression blossoms as much in the quality of the text as in the melody’ (Recital: Pimpean, Loire Valley2000)                                 

Le Courier de l’Ouest