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vocalism

[voh-kuh-liz-uhm] / ˈvoʊ kəˌlɪz əm /


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Mr. Christopher is terrific as the brooding Anatoly, who after defecting sings the first-act curtain number, “Anthem,” with both plush vocalism and fiery emotion.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 17, 2025

What emerges is a feast of vocalism from four multidimensional characters — played by women — who go through epic transformation, and two stock-character men who don’t.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 5, 2021

These young singers, culled through rigorous nationwide auditions, consistently deliver blazing vocalism and stagecraft of the highest quality.

From Washington Post • Aug. 13, 2017

Sung excerpts from the leaked war logs take on the unnervingly lulling rhythms of the Evangelist’s recitatives in Bach’s Passions, while passages from Ms. Manning’s Internet chats elicit warmer, more human vocalism.

From New York Times • Oct. 24, 2014

I hear no such vocalism now, in spite of the elaborate and expensive opera that is put on each year.

From Memoirs of an American Prima Donna by Kellogg, Clara Louise