Sentence examples for challenging title from inspiring English sources

Singing the challenging title role was Manon Feubel, a feisty Quebec soprano in her American debut.

Montserrat Caballé, its first modern proponent, who sang it on several stages in the 1970s, reportedly called it the equal of three Normas, the highly challenging title heroine of Bellini's opera.

No opera house presents a new "Hoffmann" production without having lined up a compelling tenor to sing the challenging title role, that of a delusional and hopelessly romantic poet.

(Feb. 9 at 8, Feb. 12 at 7 30, and Feb. 16 at 1). | The notoriously challenging title role in "Otello," which Plácido Domingo owned for more than a decade, has been taken up recently at the Met by Vladimir Galouzine (with mixed results) and Ben Heppner (with melting lyricism).

Don't let the puffy looks fool you, though, this is a challenging title.

Sondra Radvanovsky brought the Metropolitan Opera house down last night in her exquisite first performance of the challenging title role in Bellini's Norma, firmly establishing her place in the first rank of bel canto prima donnas as well as the more familiar romantic and dramatic roles of which she is already a recognized diva.

A solo with a typographically challenged title "tHe hArDeSt bUtToN to bUtToN," by Abdur-Rahim Jackson, offered Christina Dooling gyrating to the White Stripes.

Alonso said he was hopeful he would be able to challenge title rival Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull in the race.

The Absolutely True Diary Of A Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie was the most frequently challenged title nationwide.

The text has not previously appeared in the ALA's annual citation of challenged titles.

"Two years ago, eight of our top 10 most challenged titles were diverse.