“…The third mainstay of the cast was Lindsay Kate Brown as a wonderful, warm Composer, the young creator of the opera who in the first act despairs at seeing his work (yes, his: the role is a pants role, meaning a male character sung by a woman) and artistic vision threatened by the patron’s whim. At her best, Brown offered not only luminous full singing, but also a sense of the character, communicating the quick changes of mood from despair to feverish excitement at coming up with a new tune, so clearly that you could hear and share her reaction…”
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