Sierra Boggess
Despite it being her first time going on as Cosette, she gave a really beautiful performance. She has a very light (but not airy) soprano voice that sometimes seems to float in the air. When she sings loud in her uppermost range, her voice is powerful and strong, but when she decides to sing softly that high up, she loses some of the support in her voice and becomes somewhat weak (and I felt that it really didn't have to). There were a few places in "In My Life" where her voice was somewhat more shrill. But otherwise, she was really great to listen to. There were times in "A Heart Full of Love" that her voice was a little overpowered by Adam's, but somehow this wasn't at all the case in "Every Day" where their voices blended together perfectly (and it was even more lovely when Randal joined in). Like Ali on Tuesday, she had a little bit more of a serious take on Cosette (especially during "In My Life"). She was excited and happy about having met Marius, but when Randal returned home to find her there in the garden, rather than being startled and a little embarrassed by her feelings, she was startled and appeared a little scared, like she was afraid he would know her secret. But she did well in expressing how tired she was of this life her father has kind of trapped her in, and then finally standing up and demanding to know about the truth he seems to be hiding about their pasts. And Sierra had a great reaction when Randal angrily sings, "Truth is given by God to us all in our time ..." and I think he grabbed her shoulders, startling her and causing her to kind of gasp. She wasn't quite so angry with him during "One Day More" as Leslie and Ali were, and she came across as more hesitant than anything else. Overall, very well done for her first time, and I imagine she will be able to add more depth to Cosette's character as she does it more often.
Despite it being her first time going on as Cosette, she gave a really beautiful performance. She has a very light (but not airy) soprano voice that sometimes seems to float in the air. When she sings loud in her uppermost range, her voice is powerful and strong, but when she decides to sing softly that high up, she loses some of the support in her voice and becomes somewhat weak (and I felt that it really didn't have to). There were a few places in "In My Life" where her voice was somewhat more shrill. But otherwise, she was really great to listen to. There were times in "A Heart Full of Love" that her voice was a little overpowered by Adam's, but somehow this wasn't at all the case in "Every Day" where their voices blended together perfectly (and it was even more lovely when Randal joined in). Like Ali on Tuesday, she had a little bit more of a serious take on Cosette (especially during "In My Life"). She was excited and happy about having met Marius, but when Randal returned home to find her there in the garden, rather than being startled and a little embarrassed by her feelings, she was startled and appeared a little scared, like she was afraid he would know her secret. But she did well in expressing how tired she was of this life her father has kind of trapped her in, and then finally standing up and demanding to know about the truth he seems to be hiding about their pasts. And Sierra had a great reaction when Randal angrily sings, "Truth is given by God to us all in our time ..." and I think he grabbed her shoulders, startling her and causing her to kind of gasp. She wasn't quite so angry with him during "One Day More" as Leslie and Ali were, and she came across as more hesitant than anything else. Overall, very well done for her first time, and I imagine she will be able to add more depth to Cosette's character as she does it more often.