| There’s strong support from...David Stout’s confidently brutal Harasta, the poacher encroaching upon and destroying the natural world. |
| Grange Park Opera |
| The Cunning Little Vixen |
| George Hall |
| The Stage |
| 18/6/09 |
| David Stout's deliciously disreputable, laid-back portrayal of the title role, built round his substantial baritone... |
| ...Gordon Crosse's deeply impressive setting of a dirge from Shakespeare's Cymbeline. In the latter, Crosse displays a dextrous handling of musical colour and weight, which Lucy Wakeford on Harp and the baritone David Stout respond to with playing and singing of pin-sharp responsiveness, and great expressive depth. |
| NMC |
| Songbook |
| Stephen Graham |
| Musical Criticism |
| 17/3/09 |
| David Stout's deliciously disreputable, laid-back portrayal of the title role, built round his substantial baritone... |
| GSMD |
| Gianni Schicchi |
| Margaret Davies |
| Opera Magazine |
| August 2006 |
| David Stout's portrayal of the title role was richly sung, roundly characterized, and acted with subtle humour; his natural dignity, offsetting his shabby appearance, contributed to an accomplished and endearing performance. |
| GSMD |
| Falstaff |
| Margaret Davies |
| Opera Magazine |
| June 2006 |
| David Stout's Falstaff is utterly enjoyable, executed without affect but with an abundance of hidden sophistication. Vocally rich and characteristic throughout, he's lovable for the naive pride in his girth, the even more naive belief in his irresistibility to the fairer sex and his amiable lolloping gait. |
| GSMD |
| Falstaff |
| Edward Bhesania |
| The Stage On-line |
| 21/3/06 |
| And the third reason to see the show is David Stout's Falstaff, a remarkably nuanced, crisply sung and funny but never coarse portrayal of the old rogue from a singer who is surely on the verge of a considerable career. |
| GSMD |
| Falstaff |
| Richard Morrison |
| The Times |
| 22/3/06 |