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Press Acclaim for Bryan Griffin:

Tenor Soloist, Michael Torke’s Plans, Grant Park Music Festival

"The strongest section is the third, "Long After We Are Gone," in which the voices of Jonita Lattimore and Bryan Griffin intertwined beautifully, sometimes in canonic motion. Her luscious soprano had both float and amplitude, while his tenor retained its robust lyric quality regardless of the pressure he applied to it."

Chicago Tribune, John von Rhein, June 2009

"The two soloists are to the fore in "Long After We Are Gone," the nostalgic music evocatively rendered by Jonita Lattimore’s lush soprano and Bryan Griffin’s youthful, vibrant tenor."

Chicago Classical Review, Lawrence A. Johnson, June 2009

Title Role, Faust with Opera Grand Rapids

"Bryan Thomas Griffin, who made his debut in the title role, brought a floaty tenor of much beauty and a distinctly French color to the opera."

Grand Rapids Press, Jeffrey Kaczmarczyk, May 2009

Tenor Soloist in Rachmaninoff’s The Bell’s with Grant Park Music Festival

"The most memorable solo turn came in the final bars of the first movement with tenor Bryan Griffin soaring over waves of choral turbulence".

The Chicago Tribune, Michael Cameron, July 2008

As Fenton in Falstaff with the Lyric Opera of Chicago:

"Of the current Ryan Opera Center’s roster, the most notable singer in this opera is Bryan Griffin, whose turn as Fenton is marked by a lyric tenor voice of both sweetness and strength…"

Operatoday.com, Gregory Peebles, February 3, 2008

As Edmondo in Manon Lescaut with Lyric Opera of Chicago:

"Of the various present and past members of the Lyric Opera Center singing comprimario roles, tenor Bryan Griffin stood out with his uncommonly lyrical Edmondo."

Chicago Tribune, John von Rhein, November 2, 2005

As Tybalt in Roméo et Juliette:

"...tenor Bryan Griffin and authentic contralto Merideth Arwady showed fine musical and acting chops as Tybalt and Juliet's nurse."

Chicago Sun-Times, Andrew Patner, November 22, 2006

"Another highlight was a duet from the Gounod opera [Roméo et Juliette] in which [Susanna] Phillips and Bryan Griffin made a youthful, stylish pair of star-crossed lovers."

Chicago Tribune, John von Rhein, Sept. 11, 2006

As Ivan in Die Fledermaus with Lyric Opera of Chicago:

"In the servant Ivan's full red wig and beard, Ryan Center member Bryan Griffin mined comic gold out of a tiny part."

Chicago Sun-Times, Laura Emerick, December 18, 2006