The most impressive of the operatic numbers was a gorgeous duet for Caesar and Cleopatra, given a lovely turn by the sopranos Nacole Palmer and Jamet Pittman.
Nacole Palmer, a soprano, brought depth and nuance to the daughter’s closing lamentation.
…soprano Nacole Palmer, always alert to the text...attacked the final recitative with gusto. The wondrous strangeness of the Nativity story came finally, fully alive.
…performing with polish and refinement…Nacole Palmer, a soprano, offered a precise, brightly projected ‘Rejoice greatly.’
With felicitous flute, oboe and bassoon accompaniment, Nacole Palmer scaled the dramatic heights of Zerfliesse mein Herz (Melt, my heart), her low tones honeyed and deeply affecting.
Palmer’s Countess Almaviva seems to have stepped out of one of the Yale Undergraduate Art Gallery’s 17th-century paintings. Her distinguished grace…Her arias about the pain of betrayal and lost love are delivered with such pure emotion that the audience has no recourse but to feel her heartache. Even her props come alive and are affected by such simple acts as stroking the jacket which her husband has abandoned.