HOW IS THE BRAVE WOMAN REMEMBERED IN MUSIC?

The most important American opera since Gershwin's 1935 Porgy and Bess has been written by a Scottish composer who began assimilating the music of her black heroine less than five years ago. Thea Musgrave's Harriet, The Woman Called Moses premiered Friday in a first-class production by
(5) the 10-year-old regional opera company.
The opera is a glowing tribute to Harriet Tubman, the remarkable black woman who became a "conductor" on the Underground Railroad, smuggling more than 300 slaves out of the South in the years before the Civil War....
A master orchestrator, Musgrave writes difficult yet rewarding instrumental lines to (10) support the voices. In a charming touch, she uses the harp, with ribbons of brown wrapping paper wound through its strings, to imitate the tinny twang of a slave's banjo.
Cynthia Haymon, the 26-year-old soprano who sang the title role, did so on crutches, having fractured her ankle on the steeply raked stage five days before opening night. The audience, however, willingly suspended its disbelief, and a determined Haymon sang gloriously, in a light-filled (15) voice of great purity and strength.
Supporting her-sometimes literally- was a fine cast of young singers, including baritone Ben Holt as Josiah, Harriet's lover; Damon Evans, making his operatic debut as Benjie, her brother, and bass-baritone Raymond Bazemore as her father....
The set director saved his loveliest effect for the last crossover into Canada: a cyclorama of white
(20) parachute silk, looped and draped into a shining snowscape. If the contrast of good and evil, dark and light, had to be so obvious, it was at least breathtaking.
Forced by Haymon's accident into major last-minute restaging, Davidson resorted to the traditional opera device of using a dancer to portray Harriet in action sequences while Haymon sang from the sidelines. Yvonne Erwin, a lithe long-limbed member of choreographer Clive Thompson's
(25) company, stepped cleanly into her hastily added role.
The last performance will fall on the 72nd anniversary of Tubman's death- a fitting way to remember this notable woman. Thanks to Thea Musgrave, her valor is no longer unsung.

According to the review, which of the following qualities do the lead singer and staging director seem to have in common?

1. inadequate training in acting, music, and dance
2. lack of understanding of the American South
3. mastery of the Scottish dialect
4. ability to solve problem situations creatively
5. fondness for sentimentality


My Answer 5?????

I don't agree.

may I have a hint please ...?!

Think about how they recreated the sound of a slave's banjo. What did they do after the lead singer broke her ankle?

omg its 4

Yes. :-) It's 4.

thanks Sue

:)

Based on the information provided in the passage, it is not mentioned whether the lead singer or staging director have a fondness for sentimentality. The lead singer, Cynthia Haymon, is mentioned to have sung gloriously despite being on crutches due to a fractured ankle, showing determination and strength. The staging director, Davidson, is mentioned to have resorted to using a dancer to portray Harriet in action sequences while Haymon sang, showing creativity in solving a problem situation caused by Haymon's accident. Therefore, the correct answer would be 4. Ability to solve problem situations creatively.