‘In his Who's Who entry, Mr Hughes lists his recreations as ‘music, amateur operatics, walking and reading’.’
‘Her love for amateur operatics and dramatics has also led to fascinating work as a dresser for the Good Old Days, Opera North and the Northern Ballet.’
‘‘Pete’ explores the bizarre nature of operatics, in its short gestation it seems to dig into ‘Barber of Seville’ as done by Viv Stanshall in a parallel universe.’
‘For the sake of comparison, think of the operatics of Josephine Foster, only a little more soothing and seething.’
‘That evening we had chess, bridge, operatics, introduction to professional massage, and the Twirlettes.’
‘Having successful cricket, rugby, football teams, amateur operatics, numerous groups, clubs etc, etc what needs ‘regenerating’?’
‘Claire and I are both interested in amateur operatics, which is how we met, and I belong to Gravesend Operatic at the Woodville Halls.’
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‘It's two-and-a-half hours of Cold War politics and recitative operatics!’
‘Nicely enunciated and charming, between rock operatics and gut wrenching roars, this is quite a talent.’
‘The cinematic fusion of Western urban action and Chinese fight operatics is further anchored by the charisma of mainland China real-life fighter and super-star Jet Li.’
‘Vocally they veer between manic and mannered, at times verging on hysterical operatics, while their rigid riffs resemble uncoordinated robots trying to play disco.’
‘It was a really well hidden spot but Mara's theological operatics obviously gave us away.’
‘Cheesy operatics are the order of the day, as a shuffling 125 bpm beat almost makes you want to start wiggling your hips.’
‘From the very start of the record it becomes clear that this will be no radical third album, and will definitely not involve conceptual rock operatics.’
‘Like a ghost lost between digital static and analog confusion, LaFontaine wails on guitar, operatics shooting from her tortured throat.’
‘He does, however, have a remarkable range of voices, from scary metal bellow, to grand operatics, to something approximating David Bowie in a digital dungeon.’
‘The groundwork laid out by Jupiter in 2000, Cave In worms further into the dark underbelly of esoteric Pink Floyd-esque rock operatics.’
‘Meg's ‘In The Cold, Cold Night’ is a campfire song to make the blood chill, while Jack verges on glam operatics on ‘There's No Home For You Here’.’
‘He makes a lot of stops - eerie operatics, cornball cabaret with Marianne Faithfull, pensive balladry and earnest, plain-faced piano-man pop.’
‘Roxie Hart is about as far away as one can get from the earnest soap operatics of Kitty Foyle.’
‘The drumming is every bit as good as the guitar and bass. ‘Endlessly’ too, is a welcome change from the bombastic operatics, as Matt brings it all down, swooning over a drifting, two tone synth, backed by a simple, lamenting tin-beat.’
‘In ‘Summertime,’ sung with an exquisite teetering between the operatics of the written score and jazz inspiration, Hendricks shows that her operatic voice is as gorgeous as ever.’
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