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'Judith' features strong lead, exotic accompaniment
TIMOTHY McDONALD
Special to The Star

Let's hear it for strong women: Hillary, Sarah, Nancy, and oh yes, don't forget Judith, who seduced and beheaded a general who threatened her people.

Part of the Early Music Series presented by the Friends of Chamber Music, "Judith" fused early music and literature with modern creativity. The result was a gripping musical epic about the biblical character on Saturday at Grace and Holy Trinity Cathedral.

At the center of the production was Katarina Livljanic, an admirably strong woman herself. A musicologist and performer, Livljanic combined centuries old texts from her native Croatia with ancient liturgical chants to create a modern monodrama with the flavor of a medieval epic.

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