Chavez Receives Rave Reviews for Her Opera New Jersey Carmen   

Kirsten Chavez, who will starring in Carmen for Manitoba Opera in April, recently received rave reviews for her performance in this role with Opera New Jersey. Ms. Chavez had to step in, on short notice, for renowned singer, Denyce Graves, who received doctor's orders not to sing for six weeks.


"Mezzo-soprano Kirstin Chávez stepped into the lead role of Carmen for the ailing Denyce Graves, and it was hard to imagine the production staged for anyone else. Ms. Chávez descended into the scene from the chorus bleachers and took control of the renowned "Habanera" with a
clear and well focused voice. In both the "Habanera" and subsequent "Seguidilla," Ms. Chávez turned up the heat to create one of the racier scenes witnessed in Carmen productions in this area. An agile and athletic singer (with obvious ballet background), Ms. Chávez was comfortable enough in the role to slink around the soldiers and Don José in cat-like form. This type of physicality takes supreme confidence of voice, and Ms. Chávez missed none of the dramatic or musical nuance of the role."  - TownTopics.Com

  http://www.towntopics.com/feb1010/theater.php


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