A first-rate performance, but the opera remains of greater historical than musical interest.
Emotionally honest at core, it is blessed with first-rate performances across the board.
Along the way, he has become known as the actor who often surprises skeptical critics by turning in first-rate performances.
The Narnia stories have been told in many ways, but here they benefit from first-rate performances and substantial productions.
The problem wasn't with the compositions themselves, which on their own were quite effective, in first-rate performances by accomplished musicians.
A fine survey of Latin quartets in first-rate performances.
Anyone who arrived after intermission on Tuesday would have thought themselves in the middle of a first-rate performance.
"That was a first-rate performance; he ought to let the curtain down."
Where at home can he enjoy first-rate performances of opera at $2 or $3?