Music review: Luca Pisaroni highlights an evening of dramatic songs

The narrators of songs can be such complainers. Luca Pisaroni's recital on Friday night, presented by Vocal Arts D.C. at the Kennedy Center Terrace Theater, brought together a whole program of songs, half in Italian and half in German, and all dramatic. The nature of the music can make the words seem more or less sincere, but the emotional impact is always heightened.