Meredith Bloomfield / Léirmheasanna

Soprano Meredith Bloomfield...relates the tale of the Dutchman to her sailor’s-wife cohorts, giving a wide-eyed fascination to her performance, and declares that she means to be the instrument of the poor man’s salvation.

Dramatically and musically, Balonek met his match in soprano Meredith Bloomfield, who sang the role of Senta, the woman poised to deliver the seaman from his fate. At once wary and wonderstruck, the couple poured out their hopes, terrors, and frenzied accord in a vibrantly voluptuous second-act duet...Bloomfield’s acting was choice as well, her veil of modesty dropping away as the immersive possibilities of love began to emerge.