Nice performance, odd things stick out
by Choral Fan on 11/8/22Bardavon 1869 Opera House - PoughkeepsieOverall it was a lovely performance of this amazing piece, and it was awesome to see this at the Bardavon. However, sometimes I wish we could kick it up one more notch in the mid-Hudson Valley. Like, what's with the one guy in the orchestra in white tie, while everyone else was in black? He didn't seem to be different than the players, and he stuck out like a sore thumb, lit up with a light, glowing even after the stage lights dimmed. And, I think the audience member whose phone went off right in the middle of the delicate chanting by the 4 young women soloists should send them a heartfelt written apology. The notice to silence phones is buried in the program -- probably worth mentioning this out loud at the start?