HIGH PRAISE

HIGH PRAISE
A rave review
In response to a performance of "King James V," the Washington Post acclaimed "Because there were a number of gifted and hardworking singers in the cast, it may seem ungracious to say that tenor Lawrence Brownlee stole the show. Sorry, but there's no way around it. After all, nobody but the most fervent opera cultist remembers who sang with soprano Montserrat Caballe when she dazzled Carnegie Hall with Donizetti's Lucrezia Borgia in 1965; it was one of those nights when a star was born and carried all before her. Without taking the comparison too far, it is distinctly possible that Brownlee's performance Friday may someday be remembered with some of the same fondness."