Brightly acted by an ensemble that includes Hamish Linklater, Lily Rabe, Jerry O'Connell and Hettienne Park, "Seminar" keeps the laughs marching forward like a series of well-drilled military troops, and it never jams up or sags.
His characters act stupidly because they want something desperately, and his actors, all of them taking enormous risks, form an ensemble that is the equal of anything from Hollywood's golden age.
Using synthetic data we find that an ensemble that has been determined by ensemble-refinement is more similar to a reference ensemble than an ensemble determined using standard single-molecule refinement.
Ms. Yu's voice has silvery focus with a dark patina; it soared over the ensemble that ends Act II.
The opera is not without tremendous energy, as in the seething ensemble that closes Act I, nor without a sense of humor, as in the scene with two courtiers discussing the drama at court while Boleyn watches some dancers from her window at the beginning of Act IV.
James Levine's conducting was, for the most part, propulsive yet sensitive, although he took the celebrated onomatopoeic ensemble that closes Act I at too fast a tempo for the players to follow.
You might even describe them as a sterling brass ensemble that can also act a bit.
She brought poignant and shimmering beauty to Desdemona's soaring phrases during the dramatic ensemble that ends Act III.
Eventually, the group spawned a hip-hop ensemble that incorporates acting, rap, poetry and dance in its act while traveling to venues all around town.
Norman Hedman and Tropique, an ensemble that fuses jazz, Latin and Afro-Cuban sounds, will be the opening act.
He was one of the earliest composers of opera to use the ensemble finale, in which all the characters appear in a musical ensemble that carries the action forward to the end of the act.
