Sentence examples for compelling singing from inspiring English sources

Despite Ms. Stemme's compelling singing and the radiant, sensitive playing the conductor Kirill Petrenko drew from the Met Orchestra, the overall performance seemed tentative well before the crucial final scene, when the ailing Mr. Hendrick arrived as Bacchus to rescue Ariadne from her broken-hearted isolation.

October 16 2015 Luc Bondy's 2009 production of "Tosca," which plays up the sleazier aspects of Puccini's melodrama about sexual blackmail, may have flopped on opening night, but it's proved easy to revive: the set's modern, open spaces make it a blank canvas for compelling singing actors to enliven the composer's proto-cinematic thriller.

Nina Stemme, not an ideal Leonora but compelling, sang with hallmark ardour.

Limber and handsome, he was a compelling Tamino, singing with ardent energy and burnished tone.

The soprano Patricia Racette, a compelling Tosca, sings the title role in this revival with the usually exciting tenor Roberto Alagna as Cavaradossi.

This could all be dismissed as the faddish cosmic shtick of a muddled rock star if Frusciante hadn't been so resolute in constructing a personal cosmogony through his music that is as consistent as it is compelling; he sings to and sings through the voices in his head in an oeuvre predicated on the idea that music is a living being.

Melinda Newman of HitFix called the song "the most interesting song on the album" and wrote that the song featured a "compelling... sung chorus".

Among them the violist Kenji Bunch serves as the soloist for his "Devil's Box," and Mellissa Hughes, a versatile, compelling soprano, will sing in "Liebeslied" by Alex Temple.

Hila Plitmann, a compelling soprano, will sing the five poems as the second half of a program celebrating the 20th anniversary of this small company.

Ms. Meade also performed several affecting duets with the mezzo-soprano Vivica Genaux, a passionate, theatrically compelling Arsace, who sang with rapid-fire, jaw-dropping (but tasteful) ornamentation.

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.