Word: christopheren
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Dates: during 1996-1996
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...groupies from attending Sunday's performance of Die Schone Mullerin at the Museum of Fine Arts, despite the soggy deluge of the afternoon's Nor'easter. After wading through the flooded Fenway in standard duck boots/GoreTex combo's, soaked devotees crowded into the MFA's Remis Auditorium to hear Christopheren Nomura perform some of the German composer's most effusive and affecting ballads...
Commanding the stage in a barbershop quartet-style outfit, Boston soloist Christopheren Nomura accepted the challenge to make a few more female hearts go pitter-pat. However, Nomura simply could not consistently execute the intense and virile baritone sound required by these haunting and often histrionic ballads. Famous for his smashing successes on the interntional vocal scene, the young singer has been praised for his smooth, "lean" sound. Perhaps such high expectations made Sunday's performance a tad disappointing. It seemed as if Nomura were holding back, afraid to overpower the audience with the full weight and resonance...
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