Thursday, October 17, 2013

Sergio Mims forwards from OZY.com: 'Opera's Newest (And Most Unconventional) Star' Alicia Hall Moran

Alicia Hall Moran

Sergio Mims sends this link on Alicia Hall Moran:

I came across this article about her


Sergio

OZYMANDIAS
If you’d asked Alicia Hall Moran how she was feeling a year ago, fresh off the heels of a Broadway run, the Harlem-based opera singer would sigh and say it was like finally getting “off the treadmill.” It’s an understatement, considering she wasn’t just in the ensemble of Broadway’s Porgy & Bess; she was also the understudy for Audra McDonald’s Bess and, for a few months, performed the role each Wednesday. Juggling eight shows a week, rehearsals for two parts, five-year-old twins, a weeklong commission she was asked to do for the Whitney Museum Biennial and, you know, sleep, left her feeling depleted — and energized at the same time.

And it also explains why she has signed back on, heading out in November to star as Bess in the national tour. “Doing theater every day is like pushing a rock up a mountain. There’s the exertion of always moving it forward and also going out there, raw and wondering, ‘How is this going to end?’” she told us last year. And how does she feel now that the tour is about to kick off? “It feels glorious, effortless. Look, this show has already won its Tony – the heavy lifting has been done. Now I get the chance to relive this music every night and, as a singer, that’s the thing, just singing this incredible music every night.” Anyone who’s listened to the groundbreaking Gershwin score, with all its soaring passion and searing heartbreak, would have to agree.

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