…Jonathan Weyant, excellent in the tiny role of Tristan’s faithful friend Kaherdin;…
”Also covering the lead roles, the seven choristers—tenor Jonathan Weyant, soprano Lani Stait,
basses Zacharias Niedzwiecki and Samuel Weiser, mezzo-sopranos Kira Dills-DeSurra and
Quinn Middleman, and tenor Patrick Dean Shelton—sang strongly and often very beautifully. In
an ensemble of this size, the quality of each individual voice was apparent, and the young singers
revealed themselves to be first-rate artists in the making.
The work’s one overtly funny episode is the tenor’s only aria, in which he impersonates a
roasted swan in its progression from the turning spit to the table and waiting teeth. Tenor
Jonathan Weyant, shuffling dismally in from the wings when his turn came, delivered his high-
lying music with delicious pathos and splendid technique.
The suite performed on Friday was not the full opera and was pared down to two wonderful
soloists, Sara Schabas and Jonathan Weyant. They both had beautiful voices. … In the final
refrain, ‘The promise of living, of growing, of ending is labor and sharing and loving,’ their
voices rose, then floated seemingly effortlessly in the heavens. It was an unforgettable moment.