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This nicely set up the baritonal colorings that he later applied to Purcell’s “O Solitude.”

From New York Times • May 22, 2016

It’s the sound of a grown choirboy: high and straight, with a quality of reediness in some notes and the ability to shade into an eerie half-falsetto before dropping, startlingly, into dark baritonal depths.

From Washington Post • Feb. 8, 2015

One brief word on the recital given last week by Mark Padmore, a tenor with no present signs of going baritonal, and pianist Graham Johnson in Oxford.

From The Guardian • Apr. 20, 2013

In Jonathan Miller’s minimalist modern-dress staging, it adds up to an evening of longueurs, punctuated by sizzling flashes of baritonal joy.

From BusinessWeek • Feb. 3, 2012

Borosini's wide vocal compass was legendary; if anything betrayed Bostridge on Friday, it was the limitations of his bright, high voice when trying to plumb the baritonal depths of the Gasparini aria.

From Chicago Tribune • May 8, 2011