I am back from seeing Kurt Wwill's STREET SCENE at NYU. Good orchestra, and a good, but not outstanding, cast. There may be an opera department there but it won't set the world on fire. Some say, maybe, but not now. There were a good young tenor and a pretty young soprano in the two juvenile leads, Sam and Rose, whom I'd cast on a recording in a second, but the leading lady had all the notes band no brightness or edge to her voice. Accurate but dull. A lotof the cast suffered from being twenty years too young for the roles, but the ensemble sang beautifully. The orchestra of around 34 players got through the score very well, and the "Moon Faced Starry Eyed" number was really wonderfully staged.
I've got laundry first thing tomorrow. I'll think about the weekend then.
