REVIEWS
Giulio Cesare, Handel (Deutsche Oper, Berlin)
What is there not to like about an opera with three countertenors, all operating at the top of their field? As Tolomeo, Francis Gush was suitably frightening, needy and hateful.
– The Lesser Blog (Wendy Lesser)
Titus l’Empereur- Handel, (Opera Settecento, London Handel Festival)
Particularly enjoyable was the outstanding countertenor pairing of Steffen Jespersen and Francis Gush, both sublime technicians and communicators with subtle but complementary differences in style.
Titus l’Empereur- Handel, (Opera Settecento, London Handel Festival)
Francis Gush’s countertenor, as Arsete (a confidant of Antioco), was dreamy and ethereal.
– musicOMH (Sam Smith)
Titus l’Empéreur- Handel, (Opera Settecento, Händelfestspiele Halle)
Francis Gush, who stepped in as Titus, worked the stage well in order to present his well-fitting and beautiful countertenor voice.
– Mitteldeutsche Zeitung (Joachim Lange)
The Masque of Vengeance- Edward Lambert, (The Music Troupe)
The countertenor Francis Gush, playing the role of the Prince, delighted with his boyish charm and vocal pyrotechnics, dancing through the lyrics through cascading filigrees of notes with offhand elegance contrasted with soaring lines sung with limpid lyricism, charisma and style.
– Planet Hugill (Robert Hugill)
A&E, Muelas/Ward (Grimeborn Festival)
Francis Gush brilliantly plays the casual sex-surfer Daryl, transforming (in falsetto) into an entertaining online carousel of potential Tinder matches for Adam.
–The Stage (Edward Bhesania)
Giulio Cesare, Handel (English Touring Opera)
Gush has a finely upstanding stage presence, combined with an admirably secure technique with a lovely evenness of tone across the range. As a lover, Gush was delightful, mining a vein of English reticence dazzled by French style.
– Opera Today (Robert Hugill)
Steven Isserlis and Friends-Recital (Wigmore Hall) –
‘A show-stealing turn from countertenor Francis Gush – resplendent in both gown and bushy-beard, and certainly a shoo-in for the next Eurovision- hinted a the camp and Demi-mode that’s never all that far away in Proust’s Paris‘
– The Arts Desk (Boyd Tonkin)
Partenope- Handel (Hampstead Garden Opera –
‘However, in the cast I saw, there are also two blowaway performances from Francis Gush as Arsace and Anne-Sofie Soby Jensen as Eurimene/Rosmira. Gush’s countertenor voice is bell clear and beautiful, his every word beautifully sung…’
– The Stage (Tim Bano)
