He did inhabit the character and his movements were appropriate to his role. Mark Delavan could have sung Mandryka with a bit more heft, but the weight of his voice suits this venue better than the War Memorial. Heidi Stober sounded lovely as Zdenka, and was suitably naive and boyish. Dale Travis and Victoria Livengood convinced as Arabella's rather silly parents. Current Adler Fellow Brian Jagde sang Count Elemer with strength.
Many of the smaller roles were filled by singers familiar to those of us from San Francisco, such as former Merolini Susanne Hendrix (Fortune Teller) and Jonathan Michie (Dominik). Sir Andrew Davis conducted a vivid performance from the orchestra, and the strings were particularly beautiful. This season's revival of Arabella (Act III pictured left, photograph by Ken Howard) opened at Santa Fe Opera yesterday.
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