Enrico Lagasca "Nothing Short of Triumphant" in Portland, Oregon

Reviewing Messiah with the Portland Baroque Orchestra, Oregon Arts Watch wrote, "Filipino-American bass-baritone Enrico Lagasca blew the audience away with his emphatic, authoritative and expressive solos that resonated throughout the church. The audience applauded enthusiastically for him at the end of the performance. His most powerful aria was when he joined with trumpeter Kris Kwapis...and sang “The trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible… .” He rolled with the trumpet and loved every moment of it. The solo was nothing short of triumphant, even with a bit of daring decoration on the word, “trumpet.”