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In Performance: Jennifer Larmore.
[] Live Recital, January 5, 2001 Arias and songs by Handel, Rossini, Bizet, Debussy, Weill, Heggie, Barber et al. Palloc, piano. Texts and translations. VAI DVD 4205; VAI VHS 69229
Jennifer Larmore emerges as a consummate entertainer on this festive filming of a recent recital. She stakes no claim to any of the major song literature, or even extended minor cycles, instead offering a typical opera-diva program -- starting with signature turns from her stage repertoire.
Larmore's Rossini and Handel selections seem richer and more distinctive without full orchestra. Even if the conclusion of her Semiramide cabaletta is not the last word in precision, the dramatic urgency and emotional focus more than compensate. Her fast staccato sequences from Hercules and Semele are ideally crisp, and she's surprisingly affecting in Purcell's less showy "Music for a While."
Happily, the occasion (a program at the Purchase College Performing Arts Center) finds the singer in top form, completely free of strain or unevenness between registers. The timbre is especially alluring in its well-spun turns and quick attack, but also pleasing in ...
- Placido Domingo, Jennifer Larmore, Carol Vaness, Rodney Gilfry and Gwendolyn...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire November 1, 1999 700+ words
...evening-length salute to Los Angeles Opera's Founding General Director, world-renowned opera singers Placido Domingo, Jennifer Larmore, Carol Vaness, Rodney Gilfry, and Gwendolyn Bradley are among the stars already confirmed to appear in a musical presentation...
- Handling Handel.(mezzo-soprano Jennifer Larmore)(Brief Article)
- Magazine article from: Town & Country TABACHNIK, ROBIN August 1, 1999 700+ words
...gymnastics and the dramatic challenges required. Their No. 1 choice today: dark-eyed, mahogany-tressed mezzo-soprano Jennifer Larmore. Having conquered the title role in Handel's Julius Caesar at the Met in April, she is turning her talents to another...
- HIGH-FLYING MEZZO CRANKS IT UP\'Normal girl' Jennifer Larmore captivates...
- Newspaper article from: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA) January 17, 1996 700+ words
Byline: Lynette Rice Daily News Staff Writer If Jennifer Larmore had her own movie, it would likely be dubbed "The Air Up There." And why not? The mezzo-soprano is walking on clouds, thanks...
- 'Where Shall I Fly': Mozart & Handel Arias Jennifer Larmore, Chamber...
- Newspaper article from: The Independent - London EDWARD SECKERSON / STEPHEN JOHNSON October 27, 1995 700+ words
When Jennifer Larmore strode into the international limelight as Handel's Giulio Cesare in Rene Jacobs' splendid recording, she meant to stay. She...
- `BARBER' OF L.A. SOARS ON AN ANGEL'S VOICE JENNIFER LARMORE CHARMS AS...
- Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA) Campbell, R.M. March 6, 1997 700+ words
...from the hand of the noted director Michael Hampe and Cologne Opera, its principal charms lie in the singing, especially Jennifer Larmore's Rosina. The young singer is America's answer to Italy's Cecilia Bartoli. Larmore is attractive on stage and sings...
- Lyric snubbing hits close to home: Rare performance next weekend by local...
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) August 2, 2006 700+ words
Byline: John Von Rhein Aug. 2--Jennifer Larmore sings so beautifully that she once beat a traffic ticket with an aria. Opera companies throughout the world are clamoring for...
- Jake Heggie's Dead Man Walking. (United States: Cincinnati).(Opera Review)
- Magazine article from: Opera Canada Covello, Richard September 22, 2002 700+ words
...changes accomplished by artistic director Nicholas Muni that Cincinnati Opera was able to virtually sell out a weekend of Jake Heggie's Dead Man Walking, in its first performances outside of California, and Richard Strauss's Elektra, which had never...
- A MEANS TO AN 'END' WORLD-CLASS COMPOSER JAKE HEGGIE IS MORE THAN WILLING TO DO...
- Newspaper article from: Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI) Worland, Gayle April 17, 2005 700+ words
Byline: Gayle Worland Wisconsin State Journal You might think Jake Heggie was campaigning for office. But he is campaigning for an opera. His door is open to reporters. He is making stump speeches at...
