There's a transparent, chamber-like sound that came through beautifully in his brisk, intelligent accounts of the symphonies – less rich and resplendent than what his predecessor, Donald Runnicles, got from the strings, more questioning and alert.
Countless Chinese poems honor her brand of feminine virtue, which more or less defines the model woman: physically resplendent, pleasingly pliant, patriotic.
That's why taking in last night's resplendent Academy Awards ceremony put me in mind of a less opulent affair: the Associated Writing Program's annual conference earlier this month in Washington, D.C.
While companies with less lavish backup can find it a problem to make the first act look resplendent enough, Wright has the sumptuous resources of the Opera House wardrobe and design departments.
Resplendent in that, with costume designs by Alexander McQueen and lighting by Michael Hulls, the piece is never less than beautiful; flawed in that its formal elements are in permanent tension.
Towering, resplendent, unrestrained.
Costumes are resplendent, brocaded, bejeweled.
"Sunrise" bursts out in resplendent A major.
Death is not Prime Minister or resplendent,.
