Richard Ouzounian quotes
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“Then there’s Isabel Leonard, as the male character, Sesto. Her voice has the rich, fragrant depth of sandalwood and she looks so sublimely boyish yet fulsomely feminine that she combines the best of both genders. I adored her.”
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“And Toronto's own Sergio Trujillo has redone his choreography totally, showing all the comical invention that we know he's capable of.”
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“Sergio Trujillos choreography adds coals to the inferno, with movement that plain just doesnt stop. We know from Jersey Boys that he can capture this style, but in Memphis, he kicks it up towards art, playing with the authentic touches to add some hits of Fosse, or riffs from modern dance that take us just that extra step we need.”
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“The adorably rubber-faced Ken James Stewart is jumping ship from the Shaw Festival after five years to play Charlie Brown”
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“Then there’s Isabel Leonard, as the male character, Sesto. Her voice has the rich, fragrant depth of sandalwood and she looks so sublimely boyish yet fulsomely feminine that she combines the best of both genders. I adored her.”
-- Richard Ouzounian
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“Be original and find your inner voice. The rest will follow.”
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“To sing means to sense and to affirm that the spirit is real and that its glory is present.”
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“Some people in your life Touch you so very deeply That you drown totally in that depth.”
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“An author who sets his reader on sounding the depths of his own thoughts serves him best.”