30 Jan 2006

Pros Show the Neophytes How to Stroke an Audience

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/30/arts/music/30horn.html

cabell_nicole_small.jpgBy ANNE MIDGETTE [NY Times, 30 January 2006]

The standing ovation began before the concert did. When Marilyn Horne walked onto the stage on Friday night, the audience at Zankel Hall rose to its feet and stayed there, applauding.

"I suppose you've all heard by now," Ms. Horne said, as soon as she could be heard, and paused for effect. "Nathan Lane has laryngitis."