The story centers on the standoff between Moses, here sung handsomely by the mellow-voiced bass-baritone David Salsbery Fry (taking the place of David Cushing, who was ill), and Pharaoh, the bass-baritone Wayne Tigges, who brought an ample, rich voice and compelling presence to the role.
Ambrogio Maestri, probably today's reigning Falstaff, has ample voice and physique for the role.
When she sings Handel and Rossini operas with her ample voice and agile coloratura, she seems the successor to Marilyn Horne.
But the Scottish mezzo Karen Cargill brought such exquisite expression and a warm, vibrant and ample voice to the part that she thoroughly outclassed her colleagues onstage.
Ari Pelto leads a brisk account of the score; Inna Dukach and Brian Mulligan, singing the roles of Mimì and Marcello, keep pace with ample voice.
But mostly Ms. McBride uses her ample voice for bombast, as on "I'm Gonna Love You Through It," her new cancer-themed single.
For most of the night, the volume on her microphone appeared to be lower than his, or maybe she was restraining her ample voice so as not to maul his, or both.
The P.C.N. & R. devoted intense coverage to the issue; the paper published a four-page color-coded series of maps detailing the proposed new zoning, and gave ample voice to the complaints of the property-rights activists.
Rebecca Jo Loeb, a soprano, excels as Essex's sympathetic wife Frances, and the bass Clive Bayley sings Sir Walter Raleigh's discourse following the skirmish between Mountjoy and Essex with ample voice and an apt air of self-satisfaction.
She is no longer holding back the ample voice that drew country producers to her in the first place, and on "Love, Shelby," the songs are gussied up with gleaming, elaborate production.
