Ah, now I wish I'd taped that. Saw Indra Thomas as Leonora in Trovatore in
Detroit this past October, and thought she was extremely good.
- Leslie
At 08:37 PM 1/1/03 +0000, you wrote:
>Didn't tape it, but I thoroughly enjoyed the singing. I think the
>soprano, Indra Thomas, is a "made woman" after last night. The
>Summertime was a little light for her, but once she got into My Man's
>Gone Now and the Bess music, she shone. She is also very pretty which
>won't hurt.I just wish she had lost the red coat - trying to have the
>Jessye Norman thing going, I guess. Laurence Brownlee is an awesome
>singer. He was a little square in his approach unfortunately, but the
>vocalisation was wonderful. And of course, Willard White is a long
>time favorite. He was overpowered in voice size by the soprano, but
>the sound was magnificent. Considering I am frequently - if not
>usually - disappointed by singers I hear, this was a rare exception.
>The Philharmonic sounded under-rehearsed???
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