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By Cedric- August 21, 2007
…Meredith Woodend, last seen as the new owner of the Hotel Casablanca, fixing cocktails and being light and witty, came back as the polar opposite as the Mother in an aria from Menotti’s Amahl and the Night Visitors: intense and brimming with emotions, managing to sing in a soft voice, but projecting it strongly in the whole house, she had us on the edge of our seat.
…Pasatieri handed around his big numbers democratically. Mezzo-soprano Meredith Woodend overacted but sang warmly as the hotel proprietor Miss Pooder. The Gallant Pussycat By Cedric on …Meredith Woodend and Jamie-Rose Guarrine as the Hotel Casanblanca crew got a few fine tunes to display their talent, as did Kenneth Kellogg as Tobias. Since Pasatieri kept making musical allusions to other opera composers, we convinced ourselves that Tobias was named after Tobias Picker, the composer of Emmeline or An American Tragedy, for the musical lines offered some similitudes. Orlando Sentinel By Scott Warfield- Sunday February 18, 2007 ‘Pirates’ scores as light opera “…Also making strong vocal contributions were Craig Irvin as the dashing and very personable Pirate King and Meredith Woodend as the nursemaid Ruth, whose mishearing of the word “pilot” sets all this silliness in motion.” Boston Herald By T.J. Medrek- April 18, 2004 BU Feels the love with ‘Romeo and Juliet’ …In smaller roles, tenor Joshua Kohl proved himself anther young tenor to watch as Juliet’s cousin Tybalt. And mezzo Meredith Woodend filled the role of Gertrude, Juliet’s nurse, with uncommon wit and warmth. Boston.com By Richard Dyer, Glob Staff- …There was another outstanding performance from bass David Cushing as FrÁere Laurent, commanding in tone, sympathetic in presence, and there was a lively nurse Gertrude from mezzo Meredith Woodend.
Lead tenor at head of class in BU 'Romeo et Juliette'