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| January 21, 2007 |
| Kristin Chenoweth, buoyant in Met performance |
Kristin Chenoweth has an outsized personality that shines best on stage, even one as vast as the Metropolitan Opera. And there she was Friday, giving her all in a solo concert backed by 12 sterling musicians, two dancers and, for several numbers, the Juilliard Choral Union.
Chenoweth's musical-theater technique, seen in such Broadway shows as "Wicked," "You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown" and "The Apple Tree," is so effortless, it seems instinctive. And she used it to good advantage at the Met, particularly during the first half of the evening.
For Chenoweth fans, the entertainment before intermission consisted mostly of material she has done before — comic numbers such as "Popular," "The Girl in 14G" and "Taylor, the Latte Boy." They are songs she has sung either in musicals, previous concert appearances (at smaller venues) or on CD.
Wearing a short red dress, the effervescent Chenoweth, under the guidance of director Kathleen Marshall, scampered with ease across the wide stage. She's a gleeful, game performer, moving with confidence even when hoofing with such experienced dancers as David Elder and Sean Martin Hingston in the sweetly nostalgic "Goin' to the Dance with You."Even with a sound system that was a bit muddy — a situation corrected for the most part by Act 2 — her buoyant personality came through.
The second half was more formal, and Chenoweth returned after the break in a tight-fitting, strapless blue gown that made one fear for a wardrobe malfunction. Trained as an opera singer, she was right at home in "Italian Street Song," from Victor Herbert's "Naughty Marietta" as well as in a Gilbert and Sullivan medley that was awash in trills. |
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