Word: delicateâ
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Sure, she had a delicate??temper and was prone to irrational rages in which she summarily dismissed diffident maids or waiters. True, she allegedly opined that "only little people pay taxes" and earned the nickname "the Queen of Mean." But as she saw it, New York City hotelier Leona Helmsley, who donned a tiara for a high-profile ad campaign in which she assured would-be guests that "the queen stands guard," was really just a perfectionist. By all accounts, Leona adored and was devoted to her real estate tycoon husband Harry, who was said to have always been spared...
...clearly an unceasing source of adrenaline for his singers and players. The sensuous darting about of the violins in the Act I bacchanal was all gossamer. The onstage trumpets during the entry march of the minnesingers in Act II were like a close-order drill in their precision. The delicate???and decidedly Mendelssohnian?woodwind passage accompanying Elisabeth's farewell was appropriately ethereal. The chorus, which has many roles in this opera (sirens, pilgrims, knights, ladies), sang like the virtuoso ensemble it is fast becoming under Levine and Chorus Master David Stivender...
| 1 |