Rigoletto Review / Rigoletto Variations
Ruth Bingham of Honolulu's Star-Advertiser reviewed Hawaii Opera Theatre's "Rigoletto in Concert," featuring Quinn Kelsey and Nadine Sierra.
"In another first for opera in Hawaii, the orchestra was seated on stage, between chorus and soloists, which made balancing orchestra and soloists in climaxes challenging, but which also resulted in a more integrated sound, punctuated by brilliant solos, such as Lance Suzuki’s flashes of lightning on piccolo."
In related news, Lance Suzuki will be performing the Doppler brothers' Rigoletto-Fantaisie, op. 38, for two flutes and piano, with flutist Julee Hickcox and pianist Edward Newman on Sunday July 17 at 11am as a part of the Wintergreen Summer Music Festival's Coffee Concert: "La Voce."
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