Word: vibrant
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...imposing woman, Dramatic Soprano Nilsson was discovered, as the curtain rose, pacing the deck of the ship bearing Isolde to King Mark of Cornwall; for all the world she looked like a handsome Viking figurehead. In the long, angry denunciation of Tristan that followed, she displayed a big, flashing, vibrant voice that galvanized her audience and conveyed an immediate sense of the turbulent passions that animate the role. As the opera unfolded, Soprano Nilsson continued to dominate the stage with such ringing power that she cut without difficulty through the opulent textures of the Wagnerian orchestra-particularly in the climactic...
...good deal of dramatic flatness. It is not so much that the play finds no destination as that it fails to dramatize the very lack of one. What The Fighting Cock needed, in the face of an all but preordained intellectual stalemate, was a greater emotional leverage, a more vibrant dramatic charge. Rex Harrison is a top actor and Peter Brook a top director. But whether it is the part's fault or the player's, the general is not an expressive enough figure. And whether it is the production's fault or the play...
There's a long hot movie at the Brattle. Mellow music, vibrant color, and a steamy setting all push up the thermometer, so don't dress too warmly...
Self-Portrait: When I Was Sick, Louis Corinth's etching with drypoint, magically creates--through brisk, vibrant strokes--the chilling atmosphere of the sick room. Kokotte by Otto Dix, is characterized by evanescent technique and incisive vision, not unlike Corinth's basically realistic style...
...pair for the Contessa, worn with stunning stylishness by Lisa Della Casa, have a grand line that is perfectly suited to both the Opera House stage and the spirit of Figaro. Against the predominantly gray background of the settings, the pastel dresses of the chorus and ballet and the vibrant yellows and reds of the principals' costumes produce wonderful, eye-filling tableaux...