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From:  "SMSchneider" <smschneider@e...>
"SMSchneider" <smschneider@e...>
Date:  Tue Oct 30, 2001  2:41 pm
Subject:  Re: [vocalist] One of Our Own Knocks 'Em Dead (fwd)



Brava, Karen!!

Susan Schneider

> Karen's voice is huge; her top quite secure & ringing; her low notes the
> envy of a basso. It is a voice full of character & she colors it
> wonderfully to display the appropriate emotion of the moment - she has a
way
> of drawing you into the character, rather than "throwing it out" to the
> audience, as it were. Overall a true contralto, with that dusky, dark
> timbre. I never heard the "I was a constant, faithful wife", from The Bear
&
> enjoyed her comic touches, especially the sarcastic laughter at the end.
>
> I hope that some casting directors see this, because should you be in need
> of a La Cieca, Erda, Madelon, look no further - guaranteed, Karen will
steal
> the show!!!




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