Word: dictional
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...account of certain diabolic activities in Massachusetts is uneven but interesting; Mr. Miller's utter, earnest conviction flames forth from every line of it. The performance it receives at the Charles Playhouse is incompletely authoritative (many of the players, for one thing, are badly in need of diction lessons), but still worth a visit...
...different languages, she displayed a solidly centered, richly colored voice of moderate power, smooth as cream in the lower register, clear and unforced in the upper one. She was able to pay out a prodigious breath supply with fluid ease, showed an impressive command of Italian, French and German diction, although her English came through with a yawing, Akim Tamiroff drawl. Zara's only lacks: conviction and stage presence...
...failed to be stirring largely because Laurence Harvey as Henry, given some of Shakespeare's best writing for trumpet, could not make the climaxes. (When asked if Harvey had a cold, someone who ought to know said, "No, he's a film actor.") And his clipped, fastidious diction sounds like a mannerism picked up from overindulgence in Restoration comedy...
...carols was particularly striking. There was enough variety in the material to display the Choir's flexibility and fine tone, as well as its more-than-adequate intonation. Credit for the excellent balance must go to the director, whose attention to the niceties of choral singing, such as elegant diction, indicates his ability to maintain the high technical standards of the Harvard choral tradition. He favors rather dramatic changes of color and dynamics which may not please those accustomed to a simpler style, but which never suggest the theatrical...
...conductor of the Glee Club, although he led the Radcliffe Choral Society here recently. The inevitable comparisons between him and Professor Woodworth will probably be being made for some time to come, for their approach to choral singing and style of conducting are quite different. The emphasis on diction which was a trademark amounting almost to a fetish in past years has been relaxed, allowing for a smoother, more fluid performance, but sacrificing the percussive element to some degree. There seems to be less attempt at choral "effects," which provide both interest and distraction, in favor of more concentration...