15 Jun 2010

Denyce Graves at Strathmore: Living -- if not singing -- up to her image

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/14/AR2010061405599.html

By Anne Midgette [Washington Post, 15 June 2010]

The persona of a full-blown opera superstar took the stage at Strathmore on Sunday night. It took the form of Denyce Graves, Washington's favorite hometown mezzo-soprano, flatteringly lit with pink gels and side banks of lights shining into the audience's eyes.