Word: vocalism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...right combination of fire and ice to make for a memorable Tosca, for example, but she often cancels performances. Price, 55, still makes occasional forays into what was once her strongest territory, but she wisely no longer sings as frequently as she once did. Enter Mitchell, with the vocal cords, dramatic temperament and, most important, unbounded potential to resuscitate an ailing repertory...
...diplomatic corps when she was dragooned into a workshop production of Isaac Van Grove's The Story of Ruth, the first opera the freshman had ever seen. By the end of her senior year, she had sung in twelve student productions and had won some 35 vocal contests. Shortly after graduation, she took first place in the prestigious Merola Opera Program competition in San Francisco...
Norton, who has written for publications such as Ms. Dessent and The Nation, has been a vocal supporter of affirmative action programs to end job discrimination against women and minorities...
...year history, RUS has had a rather impressive record of lobbying the College for action on issues like rape security, tenuring women, and sexual harassment. On those issues, its voice has often been alone. If RUS at times seems overly vocal, that tactic is only appropriate, since these are the very issues on which the University is most secretive. For example, even when women are upheld in charging professors with-sexual harassment, the College has no official policy of telling the student involved what punitive steps, if any, it has taken. And there are many more rapes on campus than...
These are carping rejections, to be sure, for when judged on absolute terms, the album is damn good Costello's vocal range and song writing skills are intact; songs like "Shabby Doll" and "Town Crier" attest to that. The backing Attractions are as marvelous and tight as ever. And what's more, his soul is still there, as ideas and innovation just sizzle on Imperial...