In short, there's nothing not to like; all indications point to a really worthwhile evening.
Vladimir Galouzine's Calaf is solid but less exciting; Hao Jiang Tian is a gruff Timur; but Carlo Rizzi keeps a sense of flow in the music despite occasionally stolid playing from the orchestra, making this, over all, a worthwhile evening.
Vladimir Galouzine's Calaf is solid but less exciting; Hao Jiang Tian is a gruff Timur; but Carlo Rizzi keeps a sense of flow in the music despite occasionally stolid playing from the orchestra, making this, overall, a worthwhile evening.
Ms. Lange's performance -- and the production as a whole -- was the culmination of a dream, Mr. Ken wright said: "I've waited 32 years for a night like last night, and suddenly, it was all worthwhile".
It was the "presentation", though, that made the night worthwhile.
The four soloists, physically and vocally committed, made the evening worthwhile: the ever serene and dignified Roderick Williams as the immortal Pollux, Allan Clayton in superb clarion voice as Castor, an impassioned Sophie Bevan pouring out her grief with heartfelt conviction as Télaïre – whom, movingly, both brothers love – and Laura Tatulescu as her ignoble sister Phébé.
Good demos – especially those that are funny – make the entire afternoon worthwhile.
"Sound of Music Live!", the first live musical on network television in more than 50 years and a pet project of the NBC Entertainment chairman, proved to be a worthwhile gamble on Thursday night.
And yet, after all the treatments and daily stretching exercises, after recently dropping eight pounds on a restrictive diet to ease the strain on his body, after all the times he wakes up with his battered 31-year-old body sore to the bone, a day like Sunday afternoon makes it worthwhile.
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