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re: NYCO A Little Night Music Thoughts?

Posted by: AlanScott 12:40 pm EDT 09/10/14
In reply to: NYCO A Little Night Music Thoughts? - MarkBearSF 03:43 am EDT 09/10/14
I'm glad that the Anna Kendrick thing got cleared up below.

I suppose I'm spoiled by having seen the original production three times. I don't think it was perfect, but it was better than anything thing I've seen since. The later production that came closest for me was the 2003 City Opera revival. Perhaps because I had bought my tickets for the last performance, knowing that it would be terribly underrehearsed, I liked it more than some others did. Although there were still some musical problems at the final performance, and the NYCO production was never visually distinguished, overall it was the best-acted production I've seen since the original. I thought that the only major weak link was Claire Bloom's surprisingly undercooked Madame Armfeldt.

The production may have been better still the following year in Los Angeles with a cast that sounds very solid indeed and that clearly pleased DistantDrumming a lot.

I only saw the 1990 cast on the telecast. I don't think that Sally Ann Howes was altogether right for Desiree, but she gave a smart, well-crafted performance that really could not be faulted except that her essence did not seem to be the character's. George Lee Andrews was good, if lacking a bit in world-weariness. Regina Resnik was very good for an opera singer, but I didn't feel she had an overall grasp of the character. Ferland was fine, but Fredrika doesn't make or break a production of the show.

I can't say that I was wild about anyone else. Some were better than others. Having a good Fredrik and Desiree was certainly a big help.


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