| Written by Stephanie Johnson |
March 2008
St John Passion - Irish Chamber Orchestra
"...The role of the Christus finds Grant Doyle both dignified and detached..."
March 2008
St John Passion - Irish Chamber Orchestra
"...Some of the gems of this jewel-laden performance were......Doyle's authority facing Pilate...."
October 2007
Don John of Austria - Sydney Symphony Orchestra
"...Grant Doyle is passionate and peevish as Philip II...."
August 2007
Lakme - Opera Holland Park
"...Equally as impressive was the carefully phrased and thoughtfully acted Frederic of Grant Doyle...."
by Dominic McHugh
Lakme - Opera Holland Park
"...the superb Grant Doyle (a former Young Artist at the Royal Opera) really stepped up to the mark with his beautifully-sung Frédéric...."
7 July 2007
by Neil Fisher
Lakme - Opera Holland Park
"...Grant Doyle is a fluent and rich-toned Frédéric...."
5 July 2007
by George Hall
Lakme - Opera Holland Park
"...impressive performance from Grant Doyle as Gerald’s fellow soldier Frédéric.."
Lakme - Opera Holland Park
"...well-supported by the excellent Grant Doyle as Frédéric"
2 April 2007
by Gavin Engelbrecht
Britten's War Requiem
Northern Sinfonia and Orchestra of Opera North, The Sage, Gateshead
"..Wilfred Owen's stark anti-war poems...were conveyed with compelling conviction by baritone Grant Doyle...."
Concert: Borås Symphony Orchestra
Venue: Åhaga Concert Hall, Sweden
"...the real highlight of this concert was found in the shining efforts of the soloists. With his supple and freely ringing baritone voice, Grant Doyle gave an unforgettable interpretation of Vaughan Williams' 'Songs of Travel', where with the greatest solicitude he painted the romanticism of the English countryside. ..."
20 January 2007
by Dave Paxton
Concert: A Child of Our Time - Tippett
Crouch End Festival Chorus
Venue: Barbican, London
"...solo baritone Grant Doyle, whose strong and malleable voice moulded phrases of great dramatic potency throughout."
4 December 2005
by Anthony Holden
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Linbury Studio, Royal Opera
"...all four young lovers: Katie van Kooten, Tove Dahlberg, Robert Murray and Grant Doyle...acted with as much sparkle as they sang in the unsparing intimacy of the studio theatre..."
29 November 2005
by Edward Bhesania
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Linbury Studio, Royal Opera
"...From an outstanding cast, highlights are.....Grant Doyle's golden-voiced Demetrius...."
29 November 2005
by Richard Morrison
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Linbury Studio, Royal Opera
"...(The emphasis is) on the play's truly naturalistic element: the capacity of human nature to torment itself with jealousy or perceived slights. That is superbly conveyed by these four lovers: Tove Dahlberg, Katie van Kooten, Grant Doyle and Robert Murray. And the fact that they also sing well and look sexy is a bonus, especially as they spend a lot of time clambering in and out of bunk-beds in their undies...."
29 November 2005
by Stephen Pettitt
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Linbury Studio, Royal Opera
"...The four lovers Katie van Kooten, Tove Dahlberg, Robert Murray and Grant Doyle collide and collude brilliantly..."
28 November 2005
by Tim Ashley
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Linbury Studio, Royal Opera
"...Grant Doyle and Katie van kooten vividly register Demetrius and Helena's confusion and pain..."
1 October 2005
by Dominic McHugh
La fanciulla del West
Royal Opera House
"...Some of the smaller roles were also disinctively sung, most natbly by Jonathan Lemalu, Mark Stone and the wonderful former Young Artist, Grant Doyle (Bello)...."
2 July 2005
by Michael Tanner
La Boheme
Royal Opera House
"...(The) bohemians are a highly coloured, sharply differentiated team, of whom Grant Doyle's Schaunard is outstanding..."
The Rape of Lucretia
Linbury Studio
"(She) was partnered by the dangerous, even reckless Tarquinius of Grant Doyle, whose forthright tone and skilled fitting of words to notes were huge assets in the role."
30 June 2004
by George Hall
Ariadne auf Naxos
Royal Opera House
"...It is medals all round for this cast, down to the smallest roles. Grant Doyle's Harlequin is distinguished..."
28 June 2004
by Roderic Dunnett
Ariadne auf Naxos
Royal Opera House
"...Grant Doyle's Harlequin who is a bit of rough, nicely stole the show..."
24 June 2004
by Tim Ashley
Ariadne auf Naxos
Royal Opera House
"Diana Damrau, all shuddering trills and cleavage, generated a formidable erotic charge with Grant Doyle's punkish, fatigues-clad Harlequin. The evening is well worth it for the pair of them..."
30 May 2004
by Geoffrey Norris
Janácek's Glagolitic Mass
Brighton Festival
"...baritone Grant Doyle, singing with virile tone and purposeful delivery in the all too few phrases the score allocated him..."
4 May 2004
by Rupert Christiansen
The Rape of Lucretia
Linbury Studio
"...Grant Doyle, a recent Vilar graduate, makes a potent Tarquinius..."
2 May 2004
by Stephen Pritchard
The Rape of Lucretia
Linbury Studio
"Grant Doyle as the assailant Tarquinius, struts with repellent arrogance yet sings with sensuous languor..
7 March 2004
by Hugh Canning
La Boheme - Royal Albert Hall March 6, 2004
"Grant Doyle...excellent as the poet’s cynical foil, Marcello."
2 March 2004
by Ivan Hewitt
La Boheme - Royal Albert Hall Feb 26 2004
"...the excellent performances around them, particularly Grant Doyle's swaggeringly self-pitying Marcello. "
March 2004
by George Hall
La Boheme - Royal Albert Hall Feb 26 2004
"(Peter Wedd's)...assured and sensitive performance fits beautifully into the picture, as does Grant Doyle's hale and hearty Marcello. Their last-act duet is a highlight."
February 2004
by Tim Ashley
La Boheme - Royal Albert Hall Feb 26 2004
"Grant Doyle is a handsome Marcello, less impudent, more vulnerable than most. "
February 2004
17 August 2003
by Michael Beckermann
Cunning Little Vixen - Opus Arte DVD
"Grant Doyle's Forester is deep and authoritative..."
July 2003
by David Blewitt
Vilar Young Artists Concert - Royal Opera House July 19 2003
"Grant Doyle is a transformed singer. Last summer's grainy growl has matured into a centred, dark-hued baritone. He sang Pelléas (Debussy, Pélleas et Mélisande) with a vocal fluency and clarity of diction which made for a most moving portrait. "
by Edward Greenfield
Cunning Little Vixen - Opus Arte DVD
"...some excellent singing, notably from Grant Doyle as the Forester (splendid in his big final aria)..."
by Olin Chism
Cunning Little Vixen - Opus Arte DVD
"...I found the Forester of Grant Doyle noble and moving..."
December 2002
by George Hall
Rigoletto - Royal Opera, Covent Garden Sept 27, 2002
"A mention must be made of the Marullo of Grant Doyle, who discovered a great deal in a vital yet often overlooked minor role."
11 October 2002
by George Hall
Rigoletto - Royal Opera, Covent Garden Sept 27 2002
"Among the small roles Grant Doyle connects finely with the courtier Marullo."
9 September 2002
"Mantua courtiers in love romp shock" by Richard Fairman
Rigoletto - Royal Opera, Covent Garden
"Among the small roles Grant Doyle's Marullo (was) well in the picture."
17 July 2002
"Disappointing apprentices" by Rupert Christiansen
Vilar Young Artists Showcase
"Grant Doyle, a resourceful and intelligent Australian baritone with strong stage prescence, missed the point of Harlequin's song from Strauss's Ariadne."