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... and Rosalind Plowright made the small but crucial role of the mother-in-law from hell her own. Rosalind Plowright who could develop a terrific line in demented old witches, brought some real class with her portrayal of Mila's mother. Rosalind Plowright made a characteristically electrifying impact as Mila's mother. And the magnificently histrionic Rosalind Plowright was her homicidally unhinged mother. and Rosalind Plowright's baleful soprano suited the role of Mila's mother, yet another of Janácek's ghastly mother-in-law figures. it also featured Rosalind Plowright in fine dramatic form as her wonderfully unhinged mother. Rosalind Plowright was impressive vocally and emotionally, all the more so because she looked so composed! There's another of Janácek's domineering older women in Míla's demented mother, much sketchier than the Kostelnicka of Jenufa or Katya's Kabanikha, but vividly brought to life by the redoubtable Rosalind Plowright. Rosalind Plowright, now billed as a mezzo, displayed a huge, intense voice as the menacing mother- in-law. Rosalind Plowright, as her crazed mother, was a great improvement - commandingly loud and convincingly bonkers. Talking of stars, the name of Rosalind Plowright seems like a stellar blast from the past. Plowright has lost none of her hypnotic stage presence. Her voice could be huge, with a cutting edge that was never unpleasant and a delivery of the key word ‘Fatum’ that was positively spine-tingling. |