Cincinnati.(La Voix Humaine)(Seven Deadly Sins)(Medusa)(Opera Review) From: Opera Canada | Date: September 22, 2003| Author: Gooding, Wayne | COPYRIGHT 2003 Opera Canada Publications. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Cincinnati Opera's triple bill of Francis Poulenc's La Voix Humaine, Kurt Weill's Seven Deadly Sins and William Bolcom's Medusa proved a showcase on a number of levels. First and foremost, the three works gave soprano Catherine Malfitano full rein to her considerable musical and dramatic talent. In Bolcom's Medusa, a work written for Malfitano and here receiving its first outing as all opera, she held the stage in a remarkable performance that was at root a dramatic monologue recal...