Word: lyrical
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...business." He spent 27 years at Prout's Neck, relieved by excursions to New York and fishing trips to the Caribbean, Florida and the Adirondacks. Its steep, sea-gnawed granite ledges became the emblematic landscape of his finest work. No artist since Turner had painted the sea with such lyric concentration, from the beaming blue transparency of the Caribbean, captured in masterly watercolors, to the sullen beat and topple of gray combers driven by an Atlantic gale on the Maine rocks. Cannon Rock, 1895, with its high horizon line and broad V of incoming waves framed by dark rocks, exactly...
...greed, and "Lipstuck," which she introduces as "a song about a girl that mistakes a glue stick for her lipstick." The lighthearted tone of the latter song creates a playful atmosphere among the band members and shows that Eve's Plum knows how to have fun. Incorporating the lyric "All I want to do is lick my lips and purr" into a catchy song like "Lipstuck" makes Eve's Plum is even more irresistible...
...extraordinary levels, and even they admit that they can't go on forever. There are many claimants for the rich prize of tenor dominance, but the one taken most seriously is a young French-born Sicilian named Roberto Alagna. He is 32, handsome, slender and blessed with a sweet, lyric--but not gigantic--voice. Plus he can act. The world is at his feet...
...from being predictable and drab, the Boston Lyric Opera's production of Handel's "Xerxes" that debuted last week at the Emerson Majestic is light-hearted, enjoyable and, at times, even captivating...
...best, "Xerxes" showcases the Boston Lyric Opera's top-rate among an exquisite set, in a humorous and wholeheartedly enjoyable production...