Lucie Chartin / Atsiliepimai

Lucie Chartin (oPHELIE)was the true star of the evening

Chartin sang very naturally, as if she were speaking, which rendered her portrayal intimate and immediate. In her mad scene she dispensed with pretty warbling and mined deep pathos from Ophelia’s folk song. Accurate and tortured, her high-flying cadenzas sliced the air like stiletto knives.