Sentence examples for front cloth from inspiring English sources

Edwards' front cloth, used for both operas, shows the singers for the season assembled together.

A painting of a child's spinning top adorns the front cloth of the Royal Opera's new production of Mussorgsky's epic.

Yet the front cloth shows us elements that soar over all that follows: the snow-clad roofs of Nuremberg, a super-bright star and a winged angel.

The front cloth rises on a modern-day rehearsal studio, where Peter Auty's singer-director Canio is taking a model showing.

In the front cloth scenes, Olivier showed a 10‑rate performer who, despite a lack of talent, was eager to make an impact.

English National Ballet have revived a fine tradition in commissioning Grayson Perry to paint a front cloth for their latest programme.

Conductor Nicholas McGegan is forced to proceed in fits and starts thanks to Dörrie's irritating decision to fly front cloths in between scenes, which wrecks the momentum.

There are some excellent dance sequences by Karen Bruce, a series of brightly coloured scenes and front cloths – just what you want and hope for in pantomime – by Ian Westbrook, and some terrific special effects.

In Benjamin Davis's revival, John Macfarlane's sets are as striking as ever (particularly his painted front cloths), and so are some of Jones's more extreme inventions - such as Misha Didyk's Herman taking the rooftop approach to the bedroom of Tatiana Monogarova's Lisa, or the famous bird's-eye-view of Herman in bed with the Countess's skeleton.

Archie's front-cloth scenes give the play its louche vitality.

"I'm still a front-cloth merchant," Rutter says as I prepare to leave.