#51
Posted: 4/10/10 at 3:03pm
I don't like anything about CZJ's performace...her phrasing in Glamorous Life is far too forced, as is her approach to You Must Meet My Wife.
Also, I thought the quintet just wasn't classical-sounding enough... I know that it *is* 2010, but they're supposed to be basic operatic voices. At times they sound too contemporary, in my opinion.
I loved Aaron Lazar though, as well as Erin Davie and Leigh Ann. I thought it was interesting how Erin sang Everyday a Little Death more... "sing"-y on the recording than in the show. she really "lament"-sings it in the show (like speaksinging...but not? hah), which I actually like, but it would sound awkward on the recording. so I'm glad she sang it at a normal pace/tempo/etc. for the song.
Also, I thought the quintet just wasn't classical-sounding enough... I know that it *is* 2010, but they're supposed to be basic operatic voices. At times they sound too contemporary, in my opinion.
I loved Aaron Lazar though, as well as Erin Davie and Leigh Ann. I thought it was interesting how Erin sang Everyday a Little Death more... "sing"-y on the recording than in the show. she really "lament"-sings it in the show (like speaksinging...but not? hah), which I actually like, but it would sound awkward on the recording. so I'm glad she sang it at a normal pace/tempo/etc. for the song.
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"The wee folk and the grown folk Who wander to and fro Have ways known to their own folk We throne folk don’t know" -Camelot
"Just remembering that you had an "and" when you're back to "or" makes the "or" mean more than it did before" -Into the Woods
"Enjoy your party..." -Company
"The thing about explorers is, they discover things that are already there." -In Trousers
"How do you know what you want 'til you get what you want and you see if you like it?" -Into the Woods
"I feel so much spring within me, blow winds blow, spring has just begun. And something's taken wing within me. What was dark so long had felt like winter, finally there's sun." -A New Brain
