Oliemans/Martineau – review

Wigmore Hall, LondonThere is much to warm to about the characterful young Dutch baritone Thomas Oliemans, but it was only intermittently revealed in this somewhat uneasy Wigmore recital. Oliemans can be splendid, almost stentorian, in the lower register, and there is something of the Tristanesque dark tenor about his far-from-classical baritone sound. But in this recital he struggled above the stave – nerves perhaps, and his vibrato was a bit intrusive at first, too.Oliemans began and ended wi...

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