"Beatrice and Benedict" is delightful opéra-comique, alternating spoken dialogue with deceptively rich musical numbers.
Holter alternates between speaking, singing, and whispering.
Like any skillful envoy, she alternated between speaking for the candidate, giving her audience assurances about how he would treat Mrs. Clinton, and refusing to speak for him, declining to make specific promises because she was not the candidate and could make no guarantees.
The drug, along with a steady stream of caffeine, helped him to concentrate during classes and meetings, but he noticed some odd effects; at a morning tutorial, he explained to me in an e-mail, "I alternated between speaking too quickly and thoroughly on some subjects and feeling awkwardly quiet during other points of the discussion".
The drug, along with a steady stream of caffeine, helped him to concentrate during classes and meetings, but he noticed some odd effects; at a morning tutorial, he explained to me in an email, "I alternated between speaking too quickly and thoroughly on some subjects and feeling awkwardly quiet during other points of the discussion".
The lyrics are partly autobiographical and alternate between spoken and sung verses.
Ellen Renner's Castle of Shadows and its sequel, City of Thieves, are more steampunk fantasy than alternate history, strictly speaking; Quale, the Victorian kingdom where they're set, is not explicitly framed as an alternate "real" England.
(Alternating voices speak "bracket," "sinful" and "bracket").
In a ballad opera, airs, often sung to popular tunes of the day, alternated with spoken dialogue.
In another category, the pastoral comedies derived from Italian models were liberally embellished with songs loosely strung together and alternating with spoken verses.
