Warshauer: "The soloists- Jennifer Hines, Stephanie Gregory, Michael Hendrick, and narrator Carol Potter-were all wonderful and really communicated the depth of the music and text.
"Michael Hendrick and I were talking about how to make the ending of Shacharit special; I said I hoped people, when hearing the end-'Oseh Shalom' (Grant Peace)-would love the feeling of peace in the music so much that they would want to keep it always."
Chairman Mao in Nixon in China by John Adams / The Drum Major in Wozzeck by Alban Berg / and Bacchus in Ariadne auf Naxos by Richard Strauss
I grew up hearing Jon Vickers do the role, so my standards are impossibly high, and Jon Vickers in his 80s is living a happy retirement in Bermuda. But bing-o, tenor Michael Hendrick is en route to save the show. He gets off a plane at 9 pm on March 8 while the first dress rehearsal is going on, comes in to Mershon auditorium with his coat on and luggage in hand, gets on stage and sings- and sings- WOW!
Mind you, the guy barely had time to take off his coat. Thank you, Michael Hendrick!