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Second soprano Morgan Balfour gave a gorgeous rendition of “Laudamus te”

Soprano Morgan Balfour’s delivery of “See, even Night herself is here…” plumbed the emotional quality in Purcell’s writing, her voice covered, touchingly, for “Let soft Repose Her Eye-lids close…” In her hospital scrubs, we could imagine Balfour as a healthcare worker trying to wrench herself home at the end of an exhausting day. Thus, something heart-rending in her gesture of reaching again for the bottle in the ritornellos.

Morgan Balfour’s pure liquid soprano was a standout both as Night (the nurse) and as the marriage celebrant in the climactic final masque

Morgan Balfour in "See, Even Night Herself is Here" and "If Love’s a Sweet Passion" gave heartfelt, intimate voice to the secrets and seductions of the night.