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Title: Beautifully sung by everyone
Review: Perhaps I'm easier to please than some reviewers here, or perhaps I just have too great a sentimental affection for this musical not to love it, but I think every song here was performed wonderfully, and yes, I enjoyed the dialogue sections too. With all due respect to the great Domingo, I think the most impressive performance was Julia Migenes as Aldonza/Dulcinea. She has a beautiful voice, but she can also growl and snarl when the music calls for it, and can give her voice an expressive range from earthy to soaring. Mandy Patinkin can sing beautifully, but here he decided not to, and gave Sancho a raspy, high-pitched voice that I think works pretty well for the comic character. Sancho is a comic sidekick, not a profound or complex role.
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