Laurel Massé


 

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"Massé, a tall, slender woman dressed in a Valentine's Day red gown, was every bit as effective with whimsical numbers, rendering You Can Leave Your Hat On with a sardonic touch that would surely have pleased Newman. As if all that wasn't enough, she also offered a gorgeous reading of Faure's art song Le Secret and then thoroughly affirmed her virtuosic abilities with an a cappella interpretation of the Minuet and Gigue from Bach's 1st Cello Suite. It would be hard to imagine anyone--except, possibly, Bobby McFerrin--who could have managed that sort of showcase performance, as the centerpiece of such a diverse program of music, with such magical ease."

- Los Angeles Times