Acclaim | July 2016

The Magic Flute by W.A. Mozart
Boston Baroque | Martin Pearlman, music director

… Whiteside in particular stood out, providing a speaking voice that was equally as sonorous as his fine baritone.

» Opera News
July 2016

» Opera News | July 2016

 

Acclaim | 16 April 2016

The Magic Flute by W.A. Mozart
Boston Baroque | Martin Pearlman, music director

… Bass Dana Whiteside was such an imposing presence in his first appearance as the Speaker of the Temple that he might have been mistaken for Sarastro himself.

» David Wright | Boston Classical Review
16 April 2016

» David Wright | Boston Classical Review | 16 April 2016

 

Acclaim | 20 & 10 April 2016

The Magic Flute by W.A. Mozart
Boston Baroque | Martin Pearlman, music director

Other characters who were portrayed and sung well — tenor Stefan Reed and baritone Dana Whiteside as priests and armored men; Whiteside also spoke with a bracingly clarion tone.

» Susan Miron | The Arts Fuse
20 April 2016

» Susan Miron | The Arts Fuse | 20 April 2016

 

Phoebus & Pan by J.S. Bach
Emmanuel Music | Ryan Turner, music director

Baritone Dana Whiteside was all dignity and sensitive phrasing as Phoebus (in the church’s pulpit, no less), singing the sad yet inspiring tale of the doomed love of Apollo and Hyacinthus.

» David Wright | Boston Classical Review | 10 April 2016

» David Wright | Boston Classical Review
10 April 2016

 

Acclaim | 7 December 2015

Messiah by George Frideric Handel
Worcester Chorus | Christopher Shepard, artistic director

… Dana Whiteside, baritone, whose commanding presence was matched by his excellent singing.

» Joyce Tamer | Worcester Telegram & Gazette | 7 December 2015

» Joyce Tamer | Worcester Telegram & Gazette
7 December 2015

 

Acclaim | 23 November 2015

A Sea Symphony by Ralph Vaughan Williams
Washington Chorus & Orchestra | Julian Wachner, conductor

… soloist Dana Whiteside’s baritone maintained a noble clarity both powerful and resonant.

» Cecilia Porter | The Washington Post | 23 November 2015

» Cecilia Porter | The Washington Post
23 November 2015

Curtain Call following a performance of Ralph Vaughan Williams’s ‘A Sea Symphony’
Kennedy Center | Washington . DC
Photo: Joseph Teja

Curtain Call following a performance of
Ralph Vaughan Williams’s ‘A Sea Symphony’
Kennedy Center | Washington . DC
Photo: Joseph Teja

 

Acclaim | 1 November 2015

Carmina Burana by Carl Orff
Music Worcester | Christopher Shepard, artistic director

Orff’s soloists are always subordinate to his choral explosions, but Whiteside ably handled his heavier load …

» John Zuegner | Worcester Telegram & Gazette | 1 November 2015

» John Zuegner
Worcester Telegram & Gazette
1 November 2015

 

Acclaim | 11 November 2014

Cantata BWV 195 by J.S. Bach
Cantata Singers | David Hoose, music director

An avuncular celebrant (bass Dana Whiteside) rumbled with florid praise …

» Matthew Guerrieri | The Boston Globe | 11 November 2014

» Matthew Guerrieri | The Boston Globe
11 November 2014

 

Acclaim | April 2014

Missa Solemnis by Ludwig van Beethoven
Salisbury Singers | Michelle Graveline, music director

… particularly excellent …

» Joyce Tamer | Worcester Telegram & Gazette | April 2014

» Joyce Tamer | Worcester Telegram & Gazette
April 2014

 

Acclaim | 24 March 2014

St. Matthew Passion by J.S. Bach
Masterworks Chorale | Steven Karidoyanes, conductor

Dana Whitesides’s Mache dich, mein Herze, rein succeeded profoundly, playing into his warm and open bass.

» Sudeep Agarwala | The Boston Musical Intelligencer | 24 March 2014

» Sudeep Agarwala
The Boston Musical Intelligencer
24 March 2014

 

Acclaim | 22 January 2014

A Little Night Music by Stephen Sondheim
Emmanuel Music | Ryan Turner, music director

As Count Carl-Magnus Malcolm, a dim-witted dragoon who is Désirée’s lover, Dana Whiteside acted stiffly – maybe that was intentional – but sang strongly and with beautiful tone.

» David Bonetti | Berkshire Fine Arts
22 January 2014

» David Bonneti | Berkshire Fine Arts | 22 January 2014

 

Acclaim | 21 January 2014

A Little Night Music by Stephen Sondheim
Emmanuel Music | Ryan Turner, music director

…Dana Whiteside, whose appropriately rigid take on the Count served well as a bottled up third wheel.

» Benjamin Pesetsky | Boston Musical Intelligencer
21 January 2014

» Benjamin Pesetsky | Boston Musical Intelligencer | 21 January 2014

 

Acclaim | 23 September 2013

Cantata BWV 131 by J.S. Bach
Cantata Singers | David Hoose, music director

Bass Dana Whiteside captivated during his solo aria, as he usually does.

» David Weininger | The Boston Globe | 23 September 2013

» David Weininger | The Boston Globe
23 September 2013

Performing the bass aria in J.S. Bach’s Cantata BWV 131 ‘Aus der Tiefe’
Photo: Kathy Wittman . Ball Square Films

Performing the bass aria in
J.S. Bach’s Cantata BWV 131 ‘Aus der Tiefe’
Photo: Kathy Wittman . Ball Square Films

 

Acclaim | 21 March 2011

Mass in B Minor by J.S. Bach
Cantata Singers | David Hoose, music director

And baritone Dana Whiteside made polished work of his “Et in Spiritum sanctum,’’ long lines shaped with assured purpose and style.

» Matthew Guerrieri | The Boston Globe
21 March 2011

» Matthew Guerrieri | The Boston Globe | 21 March 2011

 

Acclaim | 17 March 2005

St. John Passion by J.S. Bach
Cantata Singers | John Harbison, music director

… the best individual vocal performance came from bass Dana Whiteside, who sang beautifully in the small but pivotal role of Pilate but also gave a full and complex characterization (commanding yet eager to extricate himself).

» Lloyd Schwartz | The Boston Phoenix | 17 March 2005

» Lloyd Schwartz | The Boston Phoenix
17 March 2005

 

Acclaim | 15 January 2005

Cantata BWV 60 by J.S. Bach
Cantata Singers | David Hoose, music director

… Dana Whiteside, who boasts a warm and charismatic bass-baritone that is both impressive and expressive.

» Richard Dyer | The Boston Globe | 15 January 2005

» Richard Dyer | The Boston Globe
15 January 2005