One more souvenir of bliss
This week, Chris’s Cache offers a performance of Follies from 2007 featuring Lucine Amara as a rarely richly sung Heidi alongside Donna Murphy and Victoria Clark.
Christine Baranski
7 pieces since 2008 — in 2 roles, at 3 companies, most often at City Center Encores!.
7
pieces
2
roles
3
companies
19
years
By role
Role Carlotta Campion
Sondheim sensibility: camp
The singularity of Stephen Sondheim contributes to the conception of him as a camp figure.
Role Mrs. Lovett
Sweeney, supersized
Opera house versions of Sondheim’s Sweeney Todd featuring Bryn Terfel / Judith Christin and Thomas Allen / Felicity Palmer.
Pie à la mode
Stephen Sondheim turns 90 on Sunday, prompting Trove Thursday to present his most “operatic” work, Sweeney Todd, in a rare 2002 performance with Christine Baranski and Brian Stokes Mitchell as the murderous duo.