Because of torrential rain the performance had to be moved from the castle courtyard to the ballroom of a local hotel, but the tradition of playing Hamlet at Elsinore was established, and Olivier was followed by, among others, Gielgud (1939), Redgrave (1950), Richard Burton (1954), Derek Jacobi (1979), Kenneth Branagh (1988) and Jude Law (2009).
The A.P. reported that concertgoers withstood a torrential rainstorm to see performances by Ani DiFranco, Mos Def, Allen Toussaint and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band.
The performance was alert and torrential in small moments, as great flamenco performances tend to be, even though it wasn't made of traditional flamenco material.
Jennifer Chu gave a powerful performance of Leon Kirchner's thorny, torrential Piano Sonata (1948).
A lunchtime concert included the torrential Second Piano Sonata (in a remarkably lyrical performance by Jean Frédéric Neuberger) alongside the rarely heard Eclat/Multiples (1965-70).
Sam Tomkins had scored twice in the first-half to cancel out the azzurri's 12-4 earleadead but, as the torrential Lancashire rain swept over Salford, England's miserable performance sank even further into the gloom.
Fact: I attended the outdoor performance of Mother Courage in a torrential downpour, because if Meryl Streep could power on and inspire us (despite the onslaught of rain), there was no way I was going to miss out.
The weather becomes torrential in tandem with the drama, until Hidetora loses all his senses; Nakadai's soul-scraping performance is just as stunning to behold as the renowned battle scenes.
There were a few torrential minutes on Monday afternoon when it seemed as if Gotham Chamber Opera, entering this dodgy world of outdoor performance with a production at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, should have followed Mr. La Selva's lead.
