In Review: Ian McEuen as Goro in N.C. Opera’s “Madama Butterfly”
“[…] it is astonishing to note how significantly a good Goro can heighten the impact of a performance of the opera, and North Carolina Opera had in tenor Ian McEuen a singer who upheld the seldom-equaled standard of Piero de Palma.[…] his portrayal of Goro was distinguished by a refusal to sacrifice musicality in pursuit of cheap humor and an attractive, well-integrated instrument that required no faking of notes at the range extremes.” -Voix des Arts
“As the obsequious, conniving marriage broker, tenor Ian McEuen delightfully mined all the humor in the part.” -The News & Observer