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...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...
Chip and Dale (Ted Kirby): I. Jaaber (PENN), B. Grandieri (PENN), L. Dale (COR), A. Barnett (DAR), E. Harris (HAR), K.J. Matsui...
Naeve's Knaves (Caleb Peiffer): L. Pattman (DAR), M. McAndrew (BRN), D. Housman (HAR), A. Naeve (COR), S. Danley (PENN), P. Foley...
Kevdog's Ballers (Kevin Reyes): E. Flato (YALE), R. Wittman (COR), C. Hughes (YALE), M. Becker (BRN), L. Owings (PRN), C. Holmes (YALE...
Lehman's Team Is...(Jonathan Lehman): J. Goffredo (HAR), J. Baumann (COL), J. Conway (PRN), D. Huffman (BRN), B. Unger (HAR), G. Dow (COR...