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...reasonably well-defined characterizations; none of them goes any farther than that. The same is true of the Count, Brian McGunigle, and his family--Ken Hurwitz, Barbara Menaker, Sharone Sandifer, and Steven Sylvester--and of the other inhabitants of the servants' quarters--Alberta Handelman, Robert Rosenheck, Tom Geoghegan, John Hiatt, and Nathan Taylor...
Only the chorus stanzas were well done last night, however, and even they suffered from a less able orchestral group recruited from the Cambridge Civic Symphony. At times the trumpet section alone threatened to destroy the well-blended harmonies Miss Hiatt received from her singers...
...audience was also attempting to express its appreciation for what had been an unusually fine, interesting evening. There were some unfortunate shortcomings in the ambitious program, but in its entirety it was a testament both to the efforts of the students in the chorus and the skill of Miss Hiatt. Said one member of the Music Department, "that woman is a wizard...
...Miss Hiatt faced a huge (175-voice), enthusiastic group on the medium-sized Sanders stage; its sheer size was almost frightening. At no point, though, was she ever out of control. Her singers made no sounds without her specific instruction and she managed to mold the great masses of tone into carefully sculptured forms embellished with a variety of textures...
Surprisingly, perhaps, the chorus was at its best with Samuel Barber's Reincarnations, a highly complex composition that requires both virtuosity and subtlety. One reason for its successful presentation was the fact that Miss Hiatt and her chorus were working without the accompaniment of the orchestra that sometimes hurt the other pieces on the program...