Finley Is Falstaff by Ute Davis Those of Us Who Know the Slim, Handsome, Modest Dic Movement and Timing That Set Her Apart
é é é Soci t d' Op ra NATIONAL CAPITAL de la CAPITALE NATIONALE Opera Society Winter 2015 NEWSLETTER : BULLETIN Hiver 2015 Transformation!! Finley is Falstaff by Ute Davis Those of us who know the slim, handsome, modest dic movement and timing that set her apart. Her inter- Gerald Finley, simply stopped and gaped when he action with Sir John added vastly to my enjoyment. I un- appeared on the COC stage as the obese, overbear- derstand it even was her idea to give her coat, worn at the ing, pompous Sir John! The transformation was so Garter Inn encounter with Gerald Finley, the same lining complete and dramatic that it took the opening several material as was that of her dress. This would only be funny bars of music for me to realize that it really was Gerald to those of you who actually saw the COC production. Finley inside the masses of body padding and plastic Colin Ainsworth as Bardolfo and Robert face, neck and leg prostheses. Then he began to sing Gleadow as Pistola were appropriately disreputable and the Falstaff character truly came to life. in dress and behaviour, an excellent foil for Falstaff Indeed Finley’s Falstaff is, under the direc- whose dapper appearance whether in tweeds or hunt- tion of Robert Carsen, larger ing pink demonstrated the value than life, supremely funny and of a skilled tailor, no matter what superb entertainment. The your body shape.Lyne Fortin balance of comedy, some and Lauren Segal supplied the subtle and some obvious, with required charm and colour as moments of pathos was finely well as fine singing.
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