Eager for further acclaim, Wilde agreed to lecture in the United States and Canada in 1882, announcing on his arrival at customs in New York City that he had "nothing to declare but his genius".
"Arias for Farinelli," showcasing the Alaskan mezzo-soprano Vivica Genaux and the Belgian early-music conductor René Jacobs, came out in Europe in April to huge acclaim, generating eager anticipation of its release in the United States.
The second featured the Georgians on Saturday night, eager to feed off the acclaim of a full house who thought their ticket had got them into the biggest upset in the history of the World Cup.
Eager to avoid comparisons to the critically acclaimed Fawlty Towers, they proposed the idea of a historical sitcom.
The full citation appeared in a supplement to the London Gazette of 6 February 1945: The next morning, having won the battle and the acclaim of his regiment, Captain Brunt was as eager to return to the offensive, keeping alert for more trouble as breakfast was being prepared for the men, their first meal in 48 hours.
As Nassau County sheriff, Mr. Reilly was eager to transfer some of the techniques that had earned him acclaim in New York.
But the other topic Ms. Uchida was especially eager to discuss was Beethoven, whose sonatas she has been recording to high acclaim.
Walter didn't seem to care about acclaim, money or posterity -- he was an artist on a porch, and at the end of his life he found in Katherine Clark an eager audience of one.
He has toured, to acclaim, though critics have occasionally found the need to contrast the singing with the quality of speech between numbers, and is eager to tour again, and often.
