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lyr·i·cal
/ ˈlirikəl/
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adj.
1.
(of literature, art, or music) expressing the writer's emotions in an imaginative and beautiful way:
the poet's combination of lyrical and descriptive power.
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(of poetry or a poet) lyric:
Wordsworth's Lyrical Ballads.
2.
of or relating to the words of a popular song:
the lyrical content of his songs.
PHRASES:
wax lyrical
talk in a highly enthusiastic and effusive way:
waxing lyrical about his splendid son-in-law.DERIVATIVES:
lyr·i·cal·ly
/ -ik(ə)lē/ adv.
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Lyric Opera lineup is cause for celebration
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 12/4/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...images of celebratory productions. But Lyric Opera of Chicago's 43rd season, opening...looks more impressive than usual, even by Lyric's traditionally high standards. With 80 performances of eight operas scheduled, Lyric is bringing back four works that it has...
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Singing Lyric's praise
Newspaper article from: Courier-News (Elgin, IL); 9/4/2001; 700+ words
; ...will be performed this season at the Lyric Opera of Chicago. It didn't exactly start out in splendor, the Lyric Opera of Chicago. All that its three...sets and props. On Feb. 5, 1955, Lyric Opera was born with a performance of Mozart...
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Lyric's 50th takes a dual approach
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 9/19/2004; ; 700+ words
; Lyric is looking both forward and back during its 50th anniversary season...starred Maria Callas and Tito Gobbi, two singers who were crucial to Lyric's early successes. Lyric tips its hat to the Civic Opera House, the company's home for...
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Lyric learns that adventurism pays at box office
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 10/8/1989; ; 700+ words
; ...with the lessons of 1988 and 1989, and Lyric Opera of Chicago is putting them into practice...that the company announced this weekend by Lyric's artistic director Ardis Krainik. For the first time, Lyric believes it has the financial reserves...
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Song-lyrics search tool: pearLyrics 0.5.(Mac Gems)(Product/Service Evaluation)
Magazine article from: Macworld; 1/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; In iTunes 5, Apple added a Lyrics tab to the Info window for tracks, as well as the ability to sync those lyrics with the iPod nano (and in iTunes 6...question remains: Where do you get the lyrics? I suspect that Apple will eventually...
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LYRIC OPERA // Its 36th season promises to be hottest classical music ticket in town
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 9/9/1990; ; 700+ words
; ...wait! Act now or it may be too late!" Lyric Opera of Chicago hasn't had to hawk its...Hits Sung by the Original Artists.") Lyric's momentum has been building steadily...declared him tenore non gratus in aeternum at Lyric, a move that won her a lot of friends...
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Lyric Celebrates 40 Years of Opera At Its Most Grand
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 9/4/1994; ; 700+ words
; ...to Chicago after an eight-year hiatus was named Lyric Theatre. But the scope of their dream was opera...Shrew." The world took notice. On Sept. 17, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Lyric Theatre's successor, launches its 40th season...
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Lyric Opera // 35th anniversary season
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 9/10/1989; ; 700+ words
; ...like this. The 35th anniversary season of Lyric Opera, with 65 performances extending...and shaky limb: The prediction is that Lyric will reach at least 105 percent capacity...performances due to an inflamed sciatic nerve. Lyric's general manager, Ardis Krainik, has...
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Lyric Opera loses its leading lady // General director Ardis Krainik dies at 67
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 1/19/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...Ardis Krainik, the general director of Lyric Opera of Chicago since 1981 who built the...She was without peer in the field," Lyric board president Edgar D. Jannotta said...personality." Miss Krainik had been with Lyric for its entire 42-year existence, arriving...
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Lyric teaches lesson in making opera pay
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 3/8/1992; ; 700+ words
; ...is persnickety about tax deductions for Lyric Opera tickets. The picky IRS attitude is understandable in that a single ticket for a Lyric performance can cost as much as $89...company. A remarkable footnote to the Lyric success is the fact that ticket sales annually...
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lyric
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...cent. BC, the choral lyric by Pindar later. Latin lyrics were written in the...the Middle Ages the lyric form was common in Christian...and wrote innumerable lyrics. Among the best are...Leopardi. American lyric poets of the 19th cent...
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lyric, lyric poetry
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature
...literatures of Western Europe a lyric harvest that ranged from hymns...drinking songs. In England lyric poems flourished in the Middle...manuscript collections as the Harley Lyrics), and in the 16th cent. this lyric tradition was enriched by the...
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Lyric Suite
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music
Lyric Suite . (1) Orch. by Grieg (1904) of 4 of his 6 Lyric Pieces (Book 5), Op.54 (1891) ( Shepherd's Boy...f.p. Berlin 1929. Research has disclosed that the Lyric Suite was a manifestation of Berg's love for Hanna Fuchs...
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Lyric Theatre
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre
Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith, West London, in King Street, opened as the Lyric Hall in 1888. It was reconstructed and reopened as the Lyric Opera House in 1890, rebuilt in 1895, its seating capacity being increased from 550 to 800, and further...
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Lyric Hall
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre
Lyric Hall, Lyric Opera House, London, see LYRIC THEATRE , Hammersmith.
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