Word: sopranos
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...evening, which began with a soprano performance of Bach, concluded with Henry Purcell's "Come Ye Sons of Art Away," performed by The Centenary Chamber Orchestra; accompanying singers Pamela Murray, David Clegg, David Walker and Stephen Hermes; and the Harvard University Choir...
...outraged plaintiff, Kate Delima struts onto stage (in the Virgin's colors, no less) and wins over the court nearly as quickly as she does the audience. Her full, expressive soprano tells her tale far better than any gesture could. Her erstwhile lover (Brent Ranalli) is as natty as his red and green plaid ensemble. Ranalli's voice is among the weaker in the cast, but he makes up for it in enthusiasm--especially when forced to defend himself and his wallet from what becomes less prosecution than persecution...
...Quinn, lawyer William Kunstler had a face "ready-made for a radical's Mount Rushmore." Actor Don Brockett was remembered for his astonishing range--the amiable chef on Mister Rogers' Neighborhood also played a deranged inmate in The Silence of the Lambs. Quinn's favorite obit: soprano Ina Souez, who starred in operas in the '30s and then, after World War II, joined Spike Jones' bizarre musical-comedy troupe, cheerfully warbling under a hat adorned with live pigeons. "Now there's a full life," says Quinn...
...collection documents the high ambition of Coltrane's work at the time, when he doubled on tenor and soprano sax, tested split tones, wrote his own beautifully complex compositions and experimented with long free-form solos. Also included is a detailed booklet of essays and personal reminiscences. (Maybe too detailed: 'Trane loved cooking oatmeal and hot chocolate, we learn from his cousin Mary, but "didn't like any crust on the white part" of his eggs.) For Coltrane fans the outtakes are a particular revelation--not just for the bits of studio banter (Coltrane and his sidemen are heard laughing...
While the eyes are being ravished, so are the ears. Conductor Jane Glover leads a scintillating performance by unusually nimble-fingered string players and by singers of passionate virtuosity--notably countertenor David Daniels in the title role and soprano Dana Hanchard as his reluctant Turkish prize. What seems at first arcane and distant becomes hypnotically human--opera on a level of taste, imagination and musicality that would do any of the world's most celebrated opera houses proud...