Did anybody see the PBS broadcast last weekend of the Memorial Day Concert at the Capitol? I was blown away by the singing of Kristin Chenowith, who sang a bunch of 40's standards, like "Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree". I don't remember when I've heard such great singing from a Broadway-type singer. Maybe Audra MacDonald, who has a very different type of voice. Ms. Chenowith's voice is just lovely - it reminds me a little of Barbara Cook - silvery steel - and she can do anything she wants with it. Her voice has character - it doesn't have that bland-vanilla quality that so many of the Broadway singers seem to have these days. And she sang while holding a hand mike AND dancing which some chorus guys on a stage that looked a little bit slippery, and she was never out of breath, but it didn't look like she was lip-synching to a recording either.
Peggy
-- Margaret Harrison, Alexandria, Virginia, USA "Music for a While Shall All Your Cares Beguile" mailto:peggyh@i...
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