Word: bravura
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OLIVIER PRESERVES the classical rhythm, the curling-up pitch at the end of a line and the elongation of select syllables until they detonate, and he fuses all this with bravura good-humor. Compare this portrait to his massive, thick-featured, iron-rimmed Nazi dentist in the Marathon Man and you've good example of why people label this great man the most versatile actor who's ever lived. Olivier is on-screen more than anyone else in the The Boys from Brazil, and he hasn't had a movie role this large since Sleuth...
...keeping with the mad-tea-party spirit, the Philadelphia Orchestra under Eugene Ormandy plays Alice with a kind of Jabberwocky joy. But it is Hendricks, in the bravura role that she premiered, who stirs audiences to stand up and cheer at every performance. She has a pure but commanding voice that readily conquers Del Tredici's difficult but dazzling octave jumps, enormous range and unbelievable strings of high notes. Alice lovers can look forward to a planned recording of Final Alice with Hendricks - and, despite the title, to at least one more Alice from Del Tredici...
...Monday before the Columbia game, Woolway was informed he would start alongside senior Craig Beling, and last Saturday he justified the starting role with a bravura performance in which he accounted for ten unassisted tackles and threw in two quarterback sacks as a lagniappe...
...memory, the entire Gospel according to St. Mark, then strolls off again. It is the sort of feat that inevitably is called a tour de force; yet a tour de force is precisely what it is not. The performance, quietly magnificent as it is, nevertheless is purged of all bravura. It is compelling theater that is at the same time nontheatrical...
...surest ploys in show biz. The great lady who undertakes the assignment is certain to be applauded for the honesty and bravery of her self-exposure, and since stars of a certain age are thought to combine volatility and vulnerability in a colorful way, the opportunities for bravura effects are endless. The opportunities for tedious egocentricity are there too-so much so in the case of Melina Mercouri, in this vehicle that her husband, Jules Dassin, has created for her, that the movie has the suffocating air of a vanity production...