"Enthusiastic long-lasting applause transitioning to an ovation.
You can observe the progression from "applause," which lasts five seconds, to "enthusiastic applause," which lasts fifteen seconds, to "enthusiastic applause transitioning to an ovation," which lasts twenty-two seconds, to a finale that consists of three short bursts of "applause" before turning into "enthusiastic applause transitioning to an ovation.
The applause lasted well into a minute and a half.
Philip Cashian's Bone Machine, for piano and three others, was a pleasing if throwaway overture to the second half: the applause lasted longer than the 90-second piece itself.
November 14, 1926 Vienna, Austria March 7 , 1998Vienna, Austria Leonie Rysanek, Austrian operatic soprano whose nearly 50-year career, with over 2,100 performances, was distinguished by notable portrayals of Richard Strauss and Richard Wagner heroines; at one performance the applause lasted throughout an entire intermission (b. Nov. 14, 1926, Vienna, Austria--d. March 7 , 1998 Vienna).
She ends the second act not as the libretto indicates, in capitulation to the demand of her father, Elmiro, that she marry Rodrigo, but rather in defiance, clambering onto a pool table and pouring a beer over her head as she roars out a high B. The audience began cheering as she was dragged offstage as the curtain fell, and the applause lasted a good chunk of the set change.
When at last the applause died down, Graeme McDowell stood over a 7-footer for birdie that suddenly looked twice as long.
Following an encore performance of the classic Korean folksong "Arirang," the philharmonic was showered with applause and cheers in a standing ovation lasting for more than five minutes.
And then, rising from the pews, came an unbroken roar of applause that lasted for one minute and 50 seconds.
Even in an Eastern European audience, however, the rhythmic applause usually lasts only 10 or 15 seconds.
"I will return honor and dignity to the White House," Mr. Bush told the students at Bob Jones University, to a round of robust applause that lasted nearly half a minute.
