“Sadler and Mungo both acted effectively to convey the sadness and emptiness stemming from the difficulties of sustaining a relationship in a materialistic world. Sadler’s big moments came in her garden-dream song and when her character recalls the ‘awful’ movie ‘Trouble in Tahiti’ in the ‘What a movie!’ scene. Mungo was best in his prideful ‘There’s a law’ solo arias. Their ensemble singing was outstanding, too... Sadler was a one-woman show to open the double-bill presentation with The Italian Lesson... As in Tahiti, Sadler acted the part well, portraying a woman enjoying life as best she can by valuing mundane tasks and finding strength in daily ritual.”
"...commanded the stage..."
"Nice character arc... rich, full tone"
“The rest of the cast was vocally excellent as well... mezzo Cindy Sadler brought a nice character arc to her Mama Lucia while singing in a rich, full tone.”
"Great depth and warmth"
“As the servant, Suzuki, mezzo-soprano Cindy Sadler sang with great depth and warmth.”
