31.   The focus throughout is on the vocal line.

32.   The horns doubling the vocal lines in Act II create, for example, two incompatible forms of articulation.

33.   The inimitable Horne elegance is undiminished as she zeros in on a vocal line with Zen-like concentration.

34.   The music offered the angular and largely uncompelling vocal lines endemic to this idiom.

35.   The orchestra enshrouds the vocal lines with harmonically pungent commentary.

36.   The peculiar quality of Noh singing is mimicked through vocal lines with slow, trill-like waverings of eighth notes.

37.   The sensitivity to language is acute, but the vocal lines are beguilingly melodious.

38.   The vocal line is replete with coloratura flights.

39.   The vocal lines are graceful, and she sings them beautifully.

40.   The vocal lines are so grateful that the score has become a staple in American opera auditions, and the orchestration is rich.