Word: saffer
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...with its sparkling performance of the overture. The music-making was superb from the outset: members of the chorus blended well with each other and sang fortissimo without overwhelming Christina Harrop's slight Giannetta. Gregory Turay turned Nemorino's first tenor solo into a great vocal cadenza. Soprano Lisa Saffer's Adina soon demonstrated that her coloratura could amply meet the demands of the bel canto style...
...cast is studded with fine performers. Richard Clement's simple Candide is likeable yet not wishy-washy; no mean feat for the only incessantly "serious" character. As Cunegonde, Lisa Saffer simpers about and exploits her body with ease. Her rendition of "Glitter and be gay," sung in various states of undress, is as strewn with jewels as Cunegonde's sordid path through life...