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“Robert Wesley Mason was an articulate, explosive, first-rate Jack, with his dark, robust baritone and assured physicality.” -Opera News
“For Jack, here strongly sung and acted by baritone Robert Wesley Mason, Moravec provides music that becomes more jagged and discordant over the course of the opera, as Jack’s state of mind goes from hopeful to deranged.” -San Francisco Classical Voice
“Energetic baritone Robert Wesley Mason portrays Jack, and in addition to his passionate singing, he is tasked with acting a dramatic role that at first is a smiling, loving family man but that descends into rage. He accomplishes the task.” -Berkshire Fine Arts
“In the leading roles, baritone Robert Wesley Mason and soprano Kearstin Piper Brown conveyed Jack and Wendy’s deepening plight with strong, shapely vocalism.” -San Francisco Chronicle
“Baritone Robert Wesley Mason as Jack Torrance has a powerful sound … and had impressive stamina for this marathon of a role; he was onstage for nearly all of the opera.” -The Opera Tattler
“Jack’s transformation from daddy to baddy was superbly and humanely characterized by Robert Wesley Mason.” -Aisle Seat Review