South Florida Classical Review
Offenbach LES CONTES D’HOFFMANN
Palm Beach Opera
2024
“The tenor Julius Ahn had the job of playing the various servants who help preside over Hoffmann’s doomed romances. Particularly impressive was his portrayal of the valet Frantz in the Antonia scene. In Frantz’s whiny aria about his servant life and artistic talents, he allowed a refined singing voice to show through the comic moments—the arpeggios ending in a sustained raspberry or a fall flat on his back.”