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Mosaic Theatre
Catherine Françoise - National & Regional Personal Press Reviews...Catherine Françoise was admirable, impressive in her solos... Catherine Françoise as Catherine Booth...powerfully portrayed the character... Using her fine singing voice to good effect, she confidently led the (company to)...standing ovations at the end of an extremely moving production. Catherine Françoise demonstrates her vocal, and acting skills admirably throughout the production...including the thoroughly under-rated 'I Dreamed a Dream' which steals the show. Maria, played by Catherine Françoise, lived up to expectations with an extremely high standard of acting and singing. Catherine Françoise sparkled in 'I Could Have Danced All Night' from My Fair Lady... West End experience, and it shows. Every number is given full dramatic as well as vocal effect. Catherine Françoise is beautiful and seems to have stepped out of an opera into a musical. There were vocal contributions from first-rate singers. Catherine Françoise sang 'A Fors e Lui' from Verdi's La Traviata with full tone, contrasting strongly with the following 'Sempre Libera'. The star for me was Catherine Françoise who gave a lively and intelligent performance as Adele, and moreover sang the role splendidly. Catherine Françoise sparkled as the Queen of the Night... Catherine Françoise delighted everyone with the beautiful quality and impressive range of her voice in an aria from 'Die Fledermaus' and in two sparkling duets... I particularly liked Catherine Françoise singing 'Who shall say that love is cruel'. Vocally she is outstanding among the soloists... Catherine Françoise was most impressive, giving a firm assured performance throughout, but particularly in the very lovely laudate dominum. Catherine Françoise showed a commendable amount of control in her two big solos...She shows an intelligent approach and the result was always most musical. presents |