THE NEW YORK TIMES, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1979....Hernan Pelayo in Alice Tully Hall by Peter G. Davis. Mr Pelayo still commands an impressive instrument, resonant tone with bright placement, attractive tonal quality and immediate presence.

 

HONGKONG STANDARD...Hernan Pelayo filled City Hall Theatre with sound and with people...A skilled opera singer through and through...rare nowadays to find such an able practioner. Perfectly focused clean singing.

 

WAH KIN YAT PO, JULY 21, 1980, HONG KONG...Hernan Pelayo with a great natural gift for singing, surpasses Benianino Gigli. The Mozart Aria, The Marriage of Figaro, was supurb. Figaro lives!

 

NEW YORK TIMES...The baritone possesses a fine voice, which is rare, and he is a well trained technician, which is rarer still...a full bodied brilliant voice that sings rather than shouts...John Briggs.

 

N.Y. DAILY NEWS...Reminded one of the legendary Chaliapin...Barton Wimble.

 

SAN FRANCISCO EXAMINER....La Boheme...as Marcello, Hernan Pelayo put forth a voice of stirringly direct, robust operatic caliber...Alexander Fried.

 

DALLAS MORNING NEWS...an extraordinary baritone voice...a plentitude of lyric, bronze-colored tone...much to admire in the difficult, "Fin ch'han del vin", from Mozart's "Don Giovanni"...his voice is golden...John Rosenfield.

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES...a big and smooth baritone voice which he manages to use with considerable subtlety, shading it with many variations of mood and emotion. He sings with the refinement of a true artist...Dr. Samuel Goldsman.

 

HOLLYWOOD REPORTER...a virtuoso baritone voice that soars high above the rest...Hal Bates

 

EL MERCURIO, SANTIAGO, CHILE...on their feet in a standing ovation, the audience applauded Hernan Pelayo...his beautiful voice and perfect Bel Canto technique, which he commands, moved the audience to tears...Maria Saez.

 

LTTALIA, SAN FRANCISCO.. -his Escamillo sounded robust and moved with dynamic force...the audience loved him.   ….....Dr. A.Braga.

 

MIAMI NEWS, MIAMI FLORIDA: There is no doubt that Hernan Pelayo is the leading exponent of this (Spanish Zarzuela) exciting art form. His rich resonant, well controlled voice is a delight to hear...E. Ireland.

 

LA OPINION, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA...The artist has a beautiful voice, mellow without any breaks. Full richness and a perfect pitch. He has a technique which is fantastic, with a unique style and

 

THE NEW YORK TIMES...can let a lusciously sonorous voice swell out almost endlessly, and yet also sing a meltingly pianissimo...Ross Parmenter.

 

N.Y. DAILY NEWS...incredibly beautiful voice...large rich tone that one associates with the great Ezio Pinza.