Of the four soloists, Queensland Con graduates Morgan Balfour – rising to radiant top B Flats on the “of sweet harmony” phrases and offering a spine-tingling “and draw her home with music” . . . stood out.
Welcome as the dawn of day is an exquisite duet, which Anna Fraser and Morgan Balfour sang with great emotion and tenderness. Every sight these eyes behold and Will the sun forget to streak both showcased the beauty of Balfour’s voice.
Soprano Morgan Balfour sang with clarity and beauty as Pigmalion’s rejected lover and gallery cleaner, Céphise…
As for Balfour, her brief but brilliant moment in the spotlight, as Pigmalion’s all-too-human lover, marks her out as another star in the making.