The phrase "an exceptional performance by" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to highlight and commend the quality of someone's performance, typically in contexts such as reviews, critiques, or discussions about art, sports, or any performance-based activity.
Example: "The audience was captivated by an exceptional performance by the lead actor, who brought the character to life with remarkable depth."
Alternatives: "a remarkable display by" or "an outstanding showing from".
"It was an exceptional performance by us," said Rodgers.
Violet, which opened Sunday at the Roundabout, features an exceptional performance by Sutton Foster.
Lady Day, which opened at the Circle in the Square a week ago and is not the subject of today's discourse, features an exceptional performance by Audra McDonald.
It's a striking and often brilliant (if uneven) drama with an exceptional performance by Anna Paquin as a passionate and impulsive teenager whose role in a tragic accident changes the course of her life.
Read a full review 23 An exceptional performance by Isabelle Huppert ballasts Mia Hansen-Løve 's study of a philosophy professor mired in mid-life crises.
An exceptional performance by Stephanie Street as Sabrina is accompanied by perfectly good ones from Amit Shah as her putative husband and Navin Chowdhry as her wild chum who argues that "the Qur'an says nothing about having a few Es".
There was an exceptional performance led by Angel Corella, Ethan Stiefel and José Manuel Carreño in Jerome Robbins's "Fancy Free," more than brilliantly staged by Jean-Pierre Frohlich from the New York City Ballet.
"The combined strength of our firearms and accessories businesses delivered an exceptional performance, driven by healthy consumer demand across our growing portfolio of firearm and outdoor lifestyle offerings," Debney said.
But Sirk surpasses melodramatic cliches by securing an exceptional performance from Wyman, whose soft face, as watchful and nervously expectant as a child's, is captivating throughout, subtly registering every chink of hope and approaching black cloud.
If it were not for the information gained from the sham/sham experiments, this data point could easily be interpreted as an exceptional performance (i.e., stimulating cell proliferation) by a particular practitioner in that particular experiment.
The figure was propped up by a 6-0 win over Maribor and an exceptional performance that saw five goals put past Schalke in Gelsenkirchen.
