“Mr. Hanek displays a tenor voice with magnificent power and resonance, a sound that astounded us at Vassar a few years ago when he first sang the Tomb Scene of Verdi’s Aïda. More recently, he sang some Wagnerian excerpts for me with enormous bite and authority, a sound that indicated the presence of a true Heldentenor in the making. He should be encouraged in this direction”

—Nico Castel, tenor and staff diction coach at the Metropolitan Opera, New York, faculty member at The Juilliard School, and author of the Complete Opera Libretti Translation Series