Word: choraler
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...ciel is one of the biggest climaxes in a score that sometimes seems to be nothing but climaxes. But Verdi and Librettist Arrigo Boito knew that after the massive choral scene in Act III, enough was enough. Hence the rightness of the subdued, wistfully melancholy fourth act, a sort of spacious postlude. This act is Desdemona's great moment. Soprano Gilda Cruz-Romo made the most of it, although in the earlier acts her singing had somewhat lacked color and shading. Poignant and dignified, she spun out the Willow Song and Desdemona's final prayer in long, crystalline...
...sound system, miles of wires and precariously perched speakers, gets its first test of the day at noon with recorded choral music. The verdict--great sound quality but a little soft, a defect that has the sound engineers from Donovan and Co. scrambling. They have to do a good job. After all, they took roll after roll of publicity photos Sunday night with their truck in the foreground, the altar behind. "Test 1, 2, 3, Test 1, 2, 3," echoes through the park. And the crowd, satisfied, cheers...
Dean Rosovsky, whose remarks were sandwiched between performances of the Radcliffe Choral Society and the Harvard Glee Club, amused the audience with a humorous speech on "What to expect from the Faculty...
Radcliffe Choral Society: women in long black dresses. And more classical music wafting up to the wooden ceiling of Sanders...
Collegium Musicum: 60 mixed voices. They perform often in local churches and Sanders Theater, with a repertoire from large choral works to unaccompanied Renaissance pieces...