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...October 2 dedication will be attended by President Neil L. Rudenstine, SPH Dean Harvey V. Fineberg '67 and Bagnoud's mother, the Countess Albina du Boisrouvray, who established the foundation that donated $20 million to construct the building...
...Although the Count has abolished the droit du seigneur, which traditionally allowed the lord to deflower any bride on her wedding night, he is tempted to revive it in Susanna's case. Though a philanderer, the Count is fanatically suspicious of his innocent wife, the Countess (Kate deLima), and her naive admirer, the page Cherubino (Amy Buckley Brown); in his jealousy, he orders Cherubino off to the army, to the ladies' distress...
Every character gets a solo aria or two to set out his or her essential nature: Figaro is clever and good-hearted, the Countess is heart-broken, the Count is imperious, Cherubino is perpetually lovesick. Almost without exception, this cast handles the famous arias beautifully Saccente has a strong voice and stage presence, and none of Figaro's comic nuances escape him; he is excellent in the patter of 'Aprite un po, Figaro's attack on female infidelity, and in the touching final duet with Susanna. Benaim, as the Count, has perhaps the most pleasing voice in the cast, combining...
...Countess and Susanna have some of the most difficult vocal writing in the opera, and deLima and Cannon are at least equal to the challenge. Cannon's tone is strikingly beautiful--soft and delicate without being precious...
Kate deLima is one of Harvard opera's old reliables--she has been in the Dunster House Opera for the last two years, in addition to several other musicals and operettas. She was the only cast member who was conceivably able to sing the Countess' heavy and melancholy arias; as a junior, she is already a grande dame. For volume and range, her voice was unmatched. Her only deficiency was a certain shrillness or brittleness of tone, which was especially noticeable in her duet with the sweet-voiced Cannon, 'Canzonetta sull'aria...