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noun sth performed ADJ. live | public | evening, matinee | amateur, professional | cameo | solo | repeat The party are dreading a repeat performance of their defeat in the last election. | ballet, concert, dance, musical, opera, theatrical | benefit, charity VERB + PERFORMANCE give, put on The theatre is putting on a performance of the popular musical ‘Cats’. | attend, go to PERFORMANCE + NOUN art | artist PREP. in ~ The course aims to develop the children's appreciation of music in performance. way in which sth is done ADJ. brilliant, convincing, dazzling, electrifying, excellent, fine, flawless, good, great, impressive, inspired, outstanding, polished, remarkable, sparkling, spirited, strong, superb, wonderful The recording gives the most convincing performance of Stravinsky's ‘Rite of Spring’ to date. the country's strong economic performance over the last two years | bad, disappointing, lacklustre, poor | satisfactory | consistent | central Mel Gibson's central performance in the film as Hamlet | all-round, overall He got top marks for overall academic performance. | business, economic, financial, sales | academic, school VERB + PERFORMANCE deliver, give, put in The team put in an excellent performance at the World Cup. | affect | assess, measure | improve PERFORMANCE + NOUN indicator, level, measure, measurement, standard, target PREP. ~ as her fine performance as Ophelia | ~ from The film has a great performance from Jack Lemmon. | ~ on his flawless performance on the piano PHRASES a level/measure/quality/standard of performance to maintain a high level of performance | on past performance Sales forecasts were based on past performance. | the proper performance of your duties of a machine ADJ. high | low, poor | engine VERB + PERFORMANCE affect | assess, measure | enhance, improveNOTEperforming artswrite ~ He's written a new West End musical.do, present, perform, produce, put on, stage ~ We are proud to present the play ‘Rocket to the Moon’. The drama group is doing a show.direct ~ She is directing Verdi's opera ‘La Traviata’ at La Scala next year.act in, appear in, perform in, sing in, star in ~ He starred in the West End hit musical ‘Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat’.rehearse (for) ~ We had no time to rehearse for the play.go to the ballet/opera/theatre I haven't been to the theatre for ages.see ~ Have you seen that new production of ‘Macbeth’?~ open ‘The Nutcracker’ opens in December.~ play, run The show has been playing to packed houses. The show ran for years on Broadway.~ close The musical closes this week after a record number of performances.a play/show folds The play folded after poor reviews.at the ballet/opera/theatre We met at the opera.in a/the ~ the characters in the play~ by a comedy by Molière
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