“Earlier in the day, soprano Tammy Hensrud demonstrated, in a superb recital of Kurt Weill songs, that her turn as Jenny in “The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny” was just the tip of the iceberg in terms of her range as a performer. She began her well-chosen program with “Nana’s Lied,” an archetypal example of German cabaret. Perched on a stool, Hensrud moved fluidly between speaking and singing, maintaining a conversational delivery even through sustained melodic lines. Communicating the words was her priority, but her singing was unfailingly of the first order. I especially liked the astonishment she displayed in “Surabaya Johnny,” that she could still love the faithless, pipe-smoking cad in spite of all his abuse. And her last gasped, “Je ne t’aime pas,” concluding the song bearing that title, cut like a knife.
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