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When Kass isn’t on stage providing comedic action, Reinert takes her place there with spunk and energy. Portraying the playful and mischievous cupid, Reinert is garbed in a mismatched white and red-checkered shirt and pants, with a pair of aviator shades to match. Not only are her arias beautifully sung, but she is constantly in character, whether snuggling next to the sleeping Semele after Jupiter has left her, or serving drinks in Solo cups to the cast while they sing joyfully about everything working out the way it should have. This, the final scene, is especially...
Lily T. Kass ’10, as Ino, Semele’s sister, and Robin W. Reinert ’10, as Cupid, are particularly notable. Kass—decked out in a bright mini-skirt, white tights, and high heels—plays Ino perfectly. Her lovelorn glances and flirtatious advances towards Semele’s betrothed, Athamas (Clare McNamara), provide much of the comic relief throughout Act I. More than just funny, Kass fills the role of the unappreciated lover with darling and panache. During Athamas’ aria about Semele’s insensitivity, for instance...
...sentiment is echoed by the play’s Cupid, Robin W. Reinert ’10. “The rhetoric of the music,” she says, “brings out the rhetoric of the words.” The complementary arias that Semele and Jupiter share, for example, focus the story on their relationship and demonstrate the varied layers of emotion of their characters. This lack of simplistic dichotomies—both in terms of their relationship and in terms of the light and dark mixture as well—is another theme...
...surprised that it’s happening so fast,” said Robin W. Reinert ’10, who could not remember the last time she saw a lunar eclipse. She added, “I’m surprised that the part that’s left is brighter than when the moon is in a crescent...
...well, using both their voices and their gestures to bring Mozart’s story of seduction and betrayal to life. Don Alfonso, played by Jonathan G. Roberts ’09, plots a test of female loyalty, but he needs the treacherous persuasion that Robin W. Reinert ’10 brings to her role of Despina in order to orchestrate his con. Both Roberts and Reinert carry the production with their strong voices and ability to lend just the right mixture of levity and profundity to each scene.At its core, “Così fan Tutte?...