The young can sing the role but have trouble rendering the character, Antoniozzi said. At the end of the career, the perfect time chronologically to do the role, there is often trouble singing the part. One can talk through the role but not sing it as written. They are hard later in life. I always wonder why directors are more nervous about the young doing the old than the old doing the young.
Theater is theater, with the right makeup and director.
What is important is not the close-up but the distance. There is no camera. In the theater a good actor should be able to do anything. Antoniozzi is known primarily as a buffo baritone, one who specializes in comic roles. In another decade, he has no idea where he will be vocally.