In the ever-stunning final duet that he created for Anthony Dowell and Antoinette Sibley in the original Royal Ballet production, rebelliousness gives way to rapture, anger cedes to tenderness as Oberon lulls Titania to sleep in his arms.
There is a sense of grandness here — with block after block of elegant 14th- and 15th-century faded brick houses, sudden stairways adorned with bright flowers and ever more stunning views as you climb higher into the town.
Meanwhile, in the other hemisphere, Jobim created some of the most sophisticated pop music the world has ever heard, stunning for its harmonic richness and deceptive simplicity.
It has an ever-changing, stunning exhibition of Dior's work, but the real gem is the perfume garden, in which iconic fragrances in leafy, hidden corners can be guessed and enjoyed before a vertiginous descent down crumbling steps to the wide promenade and the vast beach.
It seems almost absurd to praise Mitchell for her ambience, when her songs are among the most stunning ever written.
Jeremy Renner is no spring chicken at 41 but ever since his stunning performance in The Hurt Locker, he's been gathering momentum on the fringes.
No matter what happens in the next few weeks at the Winter Games, can any event ever be as stunning as the long program in Salt Lake City skated by the girl in fourth place?
The Poetry Foundation is busy supporting young poets, mature poets and emerging poets with honors and fellowships and a stunning, ever expanding list of awards, poetry slams and competitions have given poetry and spoken word cache.
Imagine me in pedi-less bare feet, on a yacht, while she was dressed in the most beautiful Oscar de la Renta gown I've ever seen, looking stunning.
