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Review: ‘The Frogs’ – A Concert Staging of the Stephen Sondheim Musical, Based on Aristophanes

Douglas Sills as Dionysos and Kevin Chamberlin as Xanthias. MasterVoices presents The Frogs, Conducted and Directed by Ted Sperling. Rose Theater, Frederick P. Rose Hall, Jazz at Lincoln Center. Photo Credit: Erin Baiano

A combination concert performance and staged reading of 'The Frogs' by Stephen Sondheim, based on the Aristophanes play and adapted by Burt Shevelove and Nathan Lane, featured high comedy and wonderful rarely-heard music.

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Concert Review: MasterVoices – ‘The Saint John Passion’ by Bach at Carnegie Hall (NYC 9 Feb 2017)

The soloists shone both separately and in concert, as if distilling the work of the huge chorus behind them. I didn't want the penultimate piece, "O Sleep," sung by the chorus and then the soloists in counterpoint, to end.

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