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...three styles of comedy on display at Dunster House this weekend balance one another perfectly. It is a sensitive and sensible journey from the ravaging whimsy of Pinter to the mystical Aria da Capo to the smoking humour of Sheridan's The Critic...
...conductor was as capable of holding his ensemble back as bringing them out. The tenor aria in "Herr, gehe nicht ins Gericht" (BWV 105) contains many rapid sixteenth-note passages in the instrumental parts. Tenor Karl Dan Sorensen displayed a voice that was light, supple and unforced, but nonetheless somewhat diminutive--potentially something of a problem in Sanders Theatre. But Kirchner kept the instrumentalists down to a virtuosic pianissimo, and in spite of the busyness of the parts and his own brisk tempo, the aria was a model of balance and clarity...
More disappointing were the two guest soloists, perhaps because of the attention drawn to them by separate billing and fancier stage protocol. In BWV 105 soprano Carole Bogard began confidently but was evidently unsure of most of the aria beyond the opening phrases. As the movement progressed she became increasingly dependent on the score in her hand, and while her opening phrases had been nicely shaped the rest was little more than competent reading. Still, she obviously had a good ear, enviable accuracy of pitch and a fair amount of vocal agility. Alto Eunice Alberts sang with the inertia typical...
Thursday, October 12 DANIEL BOONE (NBC, 7:30-8:30 p.m.). When ole Dan'l sets out to recover some stolen gold for Guest Star Maurice Evans, his Indian buddy, Mingo (Ed Ames) keeps the hijackers occupied with an aria from The Marriage of Figaro. Operation successful...
After the evening performances, the hardy repaired to a nearby theater to view long-forgotten movies with operatic backgrounds. Included were such rare delights as Mae West burbling an aria from Samson et Dalila in her 1935 Coin' to Town, and a 1934 version of La Boheme, starring Gertrude Lawrence and Douglas Fairbanks Jr., with "music and lyrics by Giacomo Puccini and G. H. Clutsam," the latter a Hollywood tunesmith in unlikely company...