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Elizabeth Kalkhurst, as Penelope, has the most musically pleasant voice in the show, and keeps the early scenes going with her treatments of "My Love is On the Way," and "It's the Going Home Together," which she shares with Hugh Fortmiller as Ulysses. Despite a fine performance, however, her part lacks some of the color which adds zest to the other female leads...
...Choral Society seemed beautifully trained, especially when they sang softly, but their interpretation of early music, such as Dufay's Magnificat in the Eighth Mode, was overly romantic. They were better in interesting contemporary pieces by Martinu and Harris. Elizabeth Kalkhurst was the fine soprano soloist...
Stephen Addiss' original musical score for the production sets a mood of charm and fantasy, and contributes greatly to the success of the entire production. Elizabeth Kalkhurst does the songs with nice finesse...
...Gondoliers-quickly becomes as complicated as most of Gilbert's plots, with two stalwart boatmen marrying three maids, one of the gondoliers to be a king who is legally married to a duchesses' daughter who loves a drumboy, and so on. Elizabeth Kalkhurst, one of the maids, catches the lighthearted spirit of the operetta perfectly. She sings as usual, with a full, beautiful voice, but this is the first time I have seen her completely relax in her acting--and the result is most charming. Her sister is played by Linda Latter, whose singing is clear without being shrill...
Elizabeth Kalkhurst was forceful in the rather forbidding title role, although she failed to make any transition between her original coldness and her final surrender. Her intonation was weak in the first and last at, especially in the last when her voice seemed to tire badly; her singing in the second act showed what she could do for a whole evening if she would peace herself properly. James Greene, as Hilarion, floated amiably through his part; his voice has a lyrical quality which served him well in singing but contributed to the insipidity of his acting...