Osmin

The delightfully Falstaffian figure of "Osmin", most ingeniously characterized in the music, will create merriment for all time, and the opera acquires a new, personal and peculiarly amiable charm from the fact that we are privileged to see in the love-joy of

Mozart The Man and the Artist as Revealed in his own Words Kerst, Friedrich 1905

Basses can be subdivided into the basso cantante ("singing bass"; Fiesco in Simon Boccanegra), the comic basso buffo (Don Pasquale), or the basso profondo ("deep bass"; Osmin in The Seraglio).

Who's who: the different voices in opera 2011

It may be unfair to say that my favorite voice of the evening was Michael Sumuel's: unfair, because as the slave-driver Osmin, Sumuel had only one aria, and therefore got to sound fresh and easy while his colleagues wore themselves out.

In performance: "Zaide" at Wolf Trap 2010

Kristinn Sigmundsson plays Osmin for maximum effect and is quite good here throughout.

Archive 2008-05-01 2008

Kristinn Sigmundsson plays Osmin for maximum effect and is quite good here throughout.

(Not) All is Forgiven 2008

It may be unfair to say that my favorite voice of the evening was Michael Sumuel's: unfair, because as the slave-driver Osmin, Sumuel had only one aria, and therefore got to sound fresh and easy while his colleagues wore themselves out.

Anne Midgette revisits Wolf Trap's staging of Mozart's 'Zaide' 2010

Zzzz, but good singers, anyway, though Peter Rose as Osmin?

Archive 2009-01-01 Lisa Hirsch 2009

Peter Rose is a good singer, but Silvestrelli seems about perfect for Osmin!

This Ought to be Fun Lisa Hirsch 2009

Peter Rose is a good singer, but Silvestrelli seems about perfect for Osmin!

Archive 2009-09-01 Lisa Hirsch 2009

Zzzz, but good singers, anyway, though Peter Rose as Osmin?

San Francisco Opera 2009-10 Season Lisa Hirsch 2009