Sentence examples for the performer playing from inspiring English sources

Our engagement with a character tends to evaporate when we are called upon to respond to the performer playing the role.

A picture caption on Feb. 24 with an article about the supertitles in the Metropolitan Opera's new production of Verdi's "Rigoletto" misidentified the performer playing Sparafucile opposite Zeljko Lucic's Rigoletto.

Invariably, it hinges on the performer playing Shylock.

As the performer plays, the computer listens and anticipates their actions.

The performer plays a piano part live (on a MIDI-enabled piano) from notation, and the MIDI output is sent to a laptop running Max MSP.

In "Notes from the Field," the performer plays a panoply of interview subjects, to explore hot-button issues of education and inequality.

For comparative purposes, this is usually best accomplished when the performer plays standard repertory - pieces that may be overfamiliar but that offer a sure basis for judgment of the performer's skills as a technician and interpreter.

Thankfully, Journey Live provided a skillful performance of a fantastic score, paired with the powerful drama provided by the performers playing the game.

More important, though, is the lift provided by the performers playing the odd-couple lead detectives.

Heated exchanges from "Antigone" would turn into arguments between the performers playing Sophocles' characters.

In the corner that Thursday, a young violinist had joined the performers, playing in public for the first time.