Sentence examples for formidable vocal from inspiring English sources

In Stucky's piece, formidable vocal and instrumental resources are marshalled to evoke, in a virtuosically eclectic style, the passions and flaws of a monumental figure.

This an actor of Mr. Murray's formidable vocal power must do when he is playing a director in a tacky little theatre?

And Ms. Phillips, again impressive, brought formidable vocal power and desperation to her portrayal of the prisoner's mother, who is allowed to visit him in the opening scene.

Birgit Nilsson, a legendary soprano, remained in formidable vocal shape well into her 60s, and she continued to portray youthful heroines such as Wagner's Isolde and Verdi's Turandot when she was well into middle age.

Demonstrating formidable vocal flexibility, she took obscure songs by Brownie and Ruth McGhee ("Rainy Day") and Eric Bibb and Levi B. Saunders ("Heading Home") from smoky, reflective plateaus to feral emotional peaks, and then with perfect timing retreated downhill.

Performers like Linda Eder and Adam Pascal, who combine formidable vocal power with flamboyant histrionics that aspire to VH1 ideals of a diva and of rock showmanship, now rule Broadway.

Individual salvageable aspects — Jeannie Sol's formidable salsa vocals, an engagingly over-the-top performance by Alex Vallecillo-Bone as a gawky American sailor, Marcelo Rodriguez's natural rapport as the club's M.C. — only highlight the woeful material that surrounds them.

Her formidable, pitch-perfect vocal on Delilah could strip the paint from the fence at the back of the field.

Or at least the trappings were vivid, as Rafael Fr ck de Burgos conducted the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the Tanglewood Festival Chorus and a formidable cast of vocal soloists in Mendelssohn's grand oratorio "Elijah".

Demonstrating formidable physical and vocal versatility, he also sang the role of jazz saxophonist Charlie Parker in Yardbird, another Philadelphia commission, which had its successful UK premiere at Hackney Empire last summer.

In La Stampa of Turin, Giorgio Pestelli said, "Freni demonstrated formidable reserves of vocal integrity and intelligence in bounding over this difficult hurdle," and added, "Even at the dress rehearsal, she received an interminable ovation".