Stars Fill The Sky is the debut album of soprano Elizabeth Harmetz. Its 11 songs delve into the treasury of American musical theater classics. Harmetz brings her lyric qualities to songs My True Love from Phantom and Come Ready And See Me and soars with strength and emotional grandeur on So In Love from Kiss Me Kate and How Could I Ever Know, from the musical The Secret Garden.
Her comedic timing is evident on Everybody Wants To Do A Musical from the musical Nick & Nora by Charles Strouse and Richard Maltby while Can't Help Lovin' That Man Of Mine and Bill from the musical Showboat are sincerely performed with a constrained sentimentality free from affectation.
Other songs include Simple Little Things and Old Maid from musical 110 In The Shade by Harvey Schmidt and Tom Jones, How Are Things In Glocca Morra, from musical Finnians Rainbow, In His Eyes, from musical Jeckyll & Hyde,
Harmetz gives sincere renditions to these musical theater songs and throughout Stars Fill The Sky and the operatic soprano is recognizable through her arching classical sound, emphasis on melodic line, and diction. This album is representative of the crossover between musical theater and opera and should definitely be on the list of fans of that genre.
The solo piano accompaniment by Mollye Otis. Lyrics to all songs are printed in the enclosed booklet.
Label: Creative Classical
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