“A powerful and compelling performance… elevates this production to a higher status than the material alone deserves”
A powerful and compelling performance by Montego Glover as “Aida” is helping the North Shore Music end its 2004 season on a high note. As adept at handling the fierce determination of a willful Nubian princess as she is at expressing the uncertainties of a young woman in love, Glover captivates her audience as quickly as her Aida charms the Egyptian army captain Radames.
The scintillating performance by Glover elevates this production to a higher status than the material alone deserves. With tremendous sincerity and intensity, this stunning actress and singer transforms unremarkable songs like “The Past Is Another Land” and “Easy as Life” into bittersweet anthems.
As the tormented heroine, the diminutive Glover delivers an impassioned portrayal that makes her tower far above any of the other actors on stage. Her singing is pure and forceful without being forced, and her acting is utterly riveting.
As the North Shore Music Theatre Playbill suggests, the love between Aida and Radames will last forever. But the stellar performance by Montego Glover won’t. Go see this rising star while you have the chance. Glover’s performance may not be eternal, but it is timeless.
