Press
Pack it in at the PAC – Fledermaus and more
Natalie Polito charmed the audience in the role of Adele, the saucy chambermaid who dreams of being an actress. Her agile and confident singing rose to the heights, and brought her audience right along with her. Her by-play at the Ball with her pal Sally was delightful – a charming examination of the differences between a proposal and a proposition.
July 19, 2008
Even in English, this La Traviata charms
Remember the name Natalie Polito. The 25 year old soprano has been building a reputation as one of the finest young sopranos in Greater Boston on the strength of work with such area companies as the Boston Conservatory, Opera Hub and the Boston Opera Collaborative. Now she has added considerably to that standing with a radiant performance with the South Shore Conservatory as the title’s strayed woman Violetta of the 1853 Verdi masterpiece La Traviata. ...
...Polito proves a revelation as Violetta. Her arias are rich with resonance and strong phrasing. She captures all of the bounce and energy of the early partygoer and the contrasting weariness and growing despair of the bedridden heroine of the later going. Kevin Hayden…and Polito display good chemistry during their love duets and demonstrate the kind of feeling and fire that one would expect from a couple very close to marriage and commitment but struggling to rise above society’s assumptions and family judgments…
...Opera by the Bay’s affecting La Traviata stands tall thanks to Polito…
