Esa-Pekka Salonen directed with solemn care, making the final cry of defiance from the condemned, "Hear O Israel, the Lord is our God" (sung by Philharmonia Voices) a universal cry against oppression everywhere.
That's why the final cry of the Cooper Union speech is so suddenly uncompromising and even frankly warlike: "Let us have faith that right makes might, and in that faith, let us, to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it".
The case of the final cries of "Orestes" is more ambiguous.
His final cry of "Irene!" is a celebratory howl, echoing Marlon Brando's desperate "Ste-lla!" The menacing persona which made Johnson the stage bodyguard of Dr Feelgood's late singer, Lee Brilleaux, feels less real than usual tonight, amidst gentle grins that suggest he is starting to recover from his loss.
A final cry of "filthy animal" followed me down the street, causing onlookers to turn and see a bowed figure limping hastily away.
Likewise, McQuarrie shows one of the killers flipping ahead in a score, to the climax of "Nessun Dorma": Calaf's final cry of "Vincerò," with its rise to a high B and step down to an A. The last note is helpfully circled in red.
As Bolívar himself exclaimed in a final cry of despair, "America is ungovernable for us…; he who serves a revolution ploughs the sea".
Their final cry of "Liberté" pinged round the cavernous auditorium and, in the Usher Hall's uneven acoustic, seemed to come from behind as well as in front, which doubled the impact.
The snobbish, monocled and apparently perma-sloshed Lord Charles has uttered his final cry of "You silly arse!".
Only when she is gone does Onegin issue his final cry of despair.
