{"id":60734,"date":"2019-05-14T15:34:40","date_gmt":"2019-05-14T22:34:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/idyllwildtowncrier.com\/?p=60734"},"modified":"2019-05-14T15:34:41","modified_gmt":"2019-05-14T22:34:41","slug":"arts-corner-idyllwild-master-chorale-presents-a-night-at-the-opera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/idyllwildtowncrier.com\/2019\/05\/14\/arts-corner-idyllwild-master-chorale-presents-a-night-at-the-opera\/","title":{"rendered":"Art’s Corner: Idyllwild Master Chorale presents \u201cA Night at the Opera\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Saturday evening, May 11, the Idyllwild Master Chorale performed \u201cA Night at the Opera\u201d for a very receptive audience at Lowman Concert Hall, Idyllwild Arts Academy.<\/em>
Photo by Steven King<\/em> <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Saturday, May 11, 2019, 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lowman Concert Hall, IAA Campus<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\tIn the selection of the proper elements of a choral concert presentation, one should always take into account all levels of practical audience responses, and generally make them not only favorable as a whole, but also providing an education in the process. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\tFrom the projected advertising which led up to Saturday evening\u2019s concert \u2014 beginning with the title \u2014 a diverse enough program was expected, and was certainly \u201cfavorable\u201d to a fault in a most pleasing combination of instrumental as well as vocal styles. However, the overall dominant mode of the proceedings tended to minimize whatever selections could be determined as \u201coperatic\u201d in nature in the placement of the more \u201cpopular\u201d items, and this inherent disparity naturally brought out a real disconnect between those methods of presenting a set piece in either opera or musical theater.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\tPerhaps if Director Dwight \u201cBuzz\u201d Holmes had revised his subtitle to \u201cA Night at the Musicale,\u201d it might have been better served, but from the fact that all was in proper order beforehand, singers in good voice and respectful of the rotation of the soloists and ensembles, the foregoing criticism was not as necessarily warranted as it might have appeared. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\tSo, beginning with the set of numbers from Rodgers and Hammerstein\u2019s \u201cCarousel,\u201d and from there proceeding through sets from \u201cLes Miserables\u201d and \u201cTommy\u201d (this latter set as a nod to Mr. Holmes\u2019s original production of the rock \u201copera\u201d), the evening was overwhelming in presenting sheer vocal power, particularly in the numbers \u201cYou\u2019ll Never Walk Alone\u201d and \u201cDo You Hear the People Sing\u201d (to take the more salient examples). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\tThat power display was carried over to the individual performers as well; in particular the efforts of Eric Bolton (in both the \u201cCarousel\u201d and \u201cTommy\u201d excerpts) and Justin Patrick Holmes (in the \u201cLes Mis\u201d portion) are those that this listener would single out as significant, as well as in the overall blending of choral activity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\tAnd in the scattering of the operatic pieces, and the leaving of works for solo performers as distinct as possible, the balance was partly maintained between ensemble and individual workings. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\tMs. Dimyana Pelev\u2019s interpreting of the \u201cHabanera\u201d from \u201cCarmen\u201d (complete with red dress) was subtly seductive in its vocal weaving, and John B. Fleming\u2019s Puccini excerpt (the \u201cNessun Dorma\u201d from \u201cTurandot\u201d) was equally persuasive in power as well as subtle. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\tLinda Wallace and Fredda Koupal\u2019s vocal blending on the \u201cFlower Duet\u201d from Delibes\u2019 \u201cLakme\u201d was a floating world wonder, and the excerpts from Borodin\u2019s \u201cPrince Igor\u201d brought both chorus and soloist (in this case, bass Chris Kruse) in a sensual swirl of soundscape possibility. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\tOnly the Donizetti piece (the famous \u201cLucia di Lammermoor\u201d sextet) failed to impress this listener; the lack of power displayed was probably due for the most part to the middle placement of the singers on the stage (instead of bringing all six of them up front, as usually performed). A minor detailing, of course, but still a lapse on the part of the presenters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\tNevertheless, the ensemble was well-behaved throughout \u2014 no interference was observed, and the accompaniments were well within the chorus and soloists proclivities; in particular, those of guest cellist Julianna Buffum Holmes and acoustic guitarist Erik Lingren (the latter providing a entertaining imitation of Pete Townshend\u2019s \u201cKid Gavil\u00e1n\u201d playing style in the four \u201cTommy\u201d examples) deserve special mention, as does the usual yeoman work of pianist Edwin Hansen throughout all parts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\tA definitely smoothed performance, another feather in the cap of \u201cBuzz\u201d Holmes and forces, and a generally satisfied audience, who responded in kind with appreciative plaudits.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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