Maura Davis, leader of Denali, sings elegant, restless songs that sometimes settle warily into straightforward tunes.
A vocalist, pianist and guitarist, Ms. Pipoyan sets ancient Armenian texts to original music, sings elegant interpretations of coarse village songs and writes new lyrics and music inspired by these traditions.
There are fascinating effects of distancing: often, a character will sing in elegant phrases about something horrible — in "Ge-zeichneten," the soprano lingers lovingly on the word Hässlichkeit, or "ugliness" — while attempts at wholesome passion are undercut by dissonance.
RECITALS PAUL GROVES The robust American tenor, a stalwart at the Met for several years, appears with the pianist Pedja Muzijevic to sing an elegant yet weighty recital of works by Beethoven ("An die Ferne Geliebte"), Britten ("The Holy Sonnets of John Donne"), Fauré ("La Bonne Chanson"), and Rachmaninoff.
E-mail address GO SIGN UP Share Tweet RECITALS PAUL GROVES The robust American tenor, a stalwart at the Met for several years, appears with the pianist Pedja Muzijevic to sing an elegant yet weighty recital of works by Beethoven ("An die Ferne Geliebte"), Britten ("The Holy Sonnets of John Donne"), Fauré ("La Bonne Chanson"), and Rachmaninoff.
Maureen Davis, leader of Denali, sings elegant songs that float and twist like her vocal lines.
And what a variety show it is, with powerful singing, elegant dance moves and acrobatic fight scenes.
Mr. Kaiser sang with elegant expressivity and attentiveness to the words.
But he had Verdian style, singing with elegant legato and burnished sound.
But when it mattered most, in the gently melodic "Omnia sol temperat" ("All things are tempered"), he sang with elegant legato and warm sound.
