Trouble in Tahiti
Girl/1st Trio Member | Annapolis Opera | January 2025
Soprano Amanda Densmoor, tenor Patrick Kilbride, and baritone Rolfe Dauz had excellent chemistry as the Trio, Tahiti’s jazz-inspired 1950s Greek chorus. Their tightly stitched harmonies maximized the potential of these roles, which demand close collaboration. The smooth polish of this Trio added panache to their expository remarks and comments on consumer culture. Densmoor soared to new heights in singing Bernstein’s seemingly extemporaneous scatting and would not have been out of place in a jazz club.
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Densmoor opened the program with “I’m a Person Too” from Bernstein’s I Hate Music! cycle, and her clarion voice elegantly expressed the song’s humor. Her intoxicating take on “Dream with Me,” written for Bernstein’s 1950 musical Peter Pan, was a tonic to the cynicism of Tahiti.
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