Sentence examples for performances were held from inspiring English sources

Harnoncourt indicates that in Monteverdi's day the numbers of players and singers together, and the small rooms in which performances were held, often meant that the audience barely numbered more than the performers.

But his landlord's lawyers were less charmed, and after a summerlong hiatus the final five performances were held at a bookstore, the powerHouse Arena in Dumbo.

Even in the war years, when special performances were held for soldiers home from the front, the Führer made sure Bayreuth got the cash it needed.

In the markets of the Arabs, particularly the fair at the western Arabian town of ʿUkāẓ, competitions of poetry and musical performances were held periodically, attracting the most distinguished poet-musicians.

The two major court festivals at which performances were held during the Koryŏ period (935 1392) were Buddha's birthday, or the Feast of Lanterns, in the second lunar month, and the midwinter ceremony honouring spirits of local gods.

Its initial performances were held in 1934 in Hartford, Conn., U.S. In 1935 it became the resident ballet company for the Metropolitan Opera in New York City, whose disapproval of Balanchine's unconventional choreography caused the ballet company to disband temporarily in 1938.

The city has a large performing arts centre where dance, music, and theatre performances are held.

Meanwhile, performances are held all summer long.

Performances are held at the Prospect Park Band Shell in Brooklyn.

A replica has been constructed on the University of Utah campus, and performances are held there regularly.

Beyond the Basic s Live D.J. performances are held each weekend.