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Hercharacterizationisamaz- conflictingvaluesanddesires. Otherthanalittlepalenessin singingiswonderfullyvivid. makeshisentranceonmotorcy- yetanotherpotentexampleof superbactingandvividvocal fire.AsSteva’sstepbrotherLaca, beautyandbecomesheronly ceptionalactingskillstomatcha voiceequallyalivewithinsight. JudithChristinisthephysically andmusicalimposingGrand- mother.Supportingrolesaresu- perblyfleshedout.JaniceMey- doneuplikeaCarolBurnett bethAndrewsRobertsasJano, theglue-sniffingurchinJenufa Thechorusisinsterlingform. ducingthesubtlestormostex- ingasitisauthoritativeinan operawhereevensilencesspeak withexpressiveweight.

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