Sentence examples for first rate performance from inspiring English sources

The tenor Paul Nilon gives a first rate performance as Erisso, while compromising its heroic dimension by taking snorts from a flask.

McConaughey and Harrelson turned in first rate performances and I really liked the fact they portrayed morally ambiguous characters who were not obviously or necessarily "good" guys.

Easter afternoon brought a first-rate performance at Salle Pleyel of Bach's "St.

If only McGregor's singing voice matched his acting and his dancing, it would be a first-rate performance.

Anyone who arrived after intermission on Tuesday would have thought themselves in the middle of a first-rate performance.

Of course, none of this success could have occurred without a first-rate performance and this "Rheingold --and the Rheingold --anddon "Rheingold --andthenly is.

Students in the Pillow's ballet program honored the future with a first-rate performance of a new work by Wayne Eagling, which began the evening.

Tasha Smith's walk is a first-rate performance in itself, capturing the flat-footed, hip-swinging gait of an emaciated addict named Ronnie.

Irina Brown's atmospheric production, with a thunderous sound design by Duncan Chave, boasts a first-rate performance by one of Britain's most under-sung actresses, Paola Dionisotti.

The evaluation results demonstrate that our proposed framework is accurate and efficient to deliver first-rate performance.

But I have seen it twice, one time with Audra McDonald in the title role and the other with her alternate, Sherry Boone (whose first-rate performance, incidentally, disproved the widespread notion that "Marie Christine" is nothing without its star).