Word: aria
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...Similarly, Betanski, as the Marschallin, acts with poise and sings with effortless clarity. Betanski and Woolf complement each other extremely well; their harmonies during the aria “Marie Theres’!/Hab’ mir’s gelobt” are breathtaking on multiple occasions, and a true highlight of the production...
...While most significant roles and arias are performed by semi-professionals, Harvard student Noah Van Niel ’08 gives an incredibly impressive performance in his role as the Italian Tenor. Van Niel sings the aria “Di rigori armato il seno” almost flawlessly, making it impossible to distinguish him from his more professional counterparts...
...ever a role is going to expose a rising soprano's skills and flaws, it's that of Alcina. Running over four hours, the Baroque opera presents its leading lady with aria upon aria of fiendishly difficult coloratura singing (Ah! Mio cor! alone is a 12-minute, seven-stages-of-grieving emotional roller-coaster) with minimal orchestral backing. With typical understatement, Durkin calls it musical "Ping Pong." Only the finest sopranos can survive such exercise. Handel's original Alcina, Anna Strada, was unkindly described by a contemporary as having "so little of Venus in her appearance, that she was usually...
...ARIA S. K. LASKIN ’08 of Vancouver, British Columbia and Cabot House Magazine Chair...
Though she once pitched an Overheard that she herself had said, we were distraught when we couldn’t run it: Aria is just that funny. Rapier-sharp wit aside, this friend-of-many-fencers has blown us away with her editing skills and ability to make entire comp classes fall in love with...