John Gielgud was possibly the most famous Jack Worthing of the twentieth century, and his 1939 production was seen as a turning point in modern stagings: it quickly served as a model for later performances.

His talent in the genre is obvious, but opera is the most expensive of all classical forms, and Berlioz in particular struggled to arrange stagings of his operas, due in part to the unwillingness of conservative Paris opera companies to perform his work.

One of the most famous uses of a balcony is in traditional stagings of the scene that has come to be known as the " balcony scene " in William Shakespeare's tragedy, Romeo and Juliet ( though in fact the scene makes no mention of a balcony, but only of a window at which Juliet appears ).

Although it is presented in many different versions, most ballet companies base their stagings both choreographically and musically on the 1895 revival of Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov, first staged for the Imperial Ballet on 15 January 1895, at the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg.

The San Francisco Opera gave the opera many stagings beginning on 29 September 1924, the most recent being November 1998.

The production, the first in the Dutch language, was directed by Polanski's assistant, Cornelius Baltus, who directed most of the previous and subsequent stagings of the show.

Her most notable performances have included those in Giselle and in Rudolf Nureyev's stagings of Swan Lake and Don Quixote.

Each song or ditty was prefaced by an author's note which indicated the origin and meaning of the song as well as special interest the song had, musical arrangement, and most of the chorus and verses.

Giving most of his musical continuity to the orchestra, he lets the speech fall into place as if by coincidence, but controlling the pace and emphasis of the words.

One of the finest soft shoe tunes ever invented, `` Once In Love With Amy '' is also, of course, one of the most tantalizingly persistent of light love lyrics to come out of American musical comedy in our era.

Turning to the current musical season on Broadway, the most widely acclaimed of the new arrivals, How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying, has been transferred to an original cast album ( R. C. A. Victor LOC 1066 ; ;

Instead of her old confidence in the simplest, purest, most moving musical expression, Miss Schwarzkopf is letting herself be tempted by the classic sin of artistic pride -- that subtle vanity that sometimes misleads a great artist into thinking that he or she can somehow better the music by bringing to it something extra, some personal dramatic touch imposed from the outside.

They became prized for their distinctive sound, however, and found life with several musical styles ( most notably bluegrass and also blues ) well after electric amplification solved the issue of inadequate guitar sound levels.

Even as his works dropped from performance, and he wrote no new operas after 1804, he still remained one of the most important and sought after teachers of his generation and his influence was felt in every aspect of Vienna's musical life.

Steven Suskin wrote: The " fascinating extended musical scenes, with extended choral work, ... immediately marked Sondheim as the most distinctive theatre composer of his time.

In collaboration with Frederick Loewe, he created some of the world's most popular and enduring works of musical theatre for both the stage and on film.

The most popular form of online graphics was ANSI art, which combined the IBM Extended ASCII character set's blocks and symbols with ANSI escape sequences to allow changing colors on demand, provide cursor control and screen formatting, and even basic musical tones.

According to one witness, " the public received the musical hero with the utmost respect and sympathy, listened to his wonderful, gigantic creations with the most absorbed attention and broke out in jubilant applause, often during sections, and repeatedly at the end of them.

The Movie has now become the most successful movie musical of all time and has been named the number one box office smash of 2008, and the biggest-selling DVD ever in the UK.

The first, most important and successful was The Beggar's Opera of 1728, with a libretto by John Gay and music arranged by John Christopher Pepusch, both of whom probably influenced by Parisian vaudeville and the burlesques and musical plays of Thomas D ' Urfey ( 1653 – 1723 ), a number of whose collected ballads they used in their work.

The Press music division, SoundForth, produces Christian musical arrangements and recordings in more traditional styles than do most contemporary music sources.

Opera or other vocal music was the feature of most musical events, with concertos and " symphonies " ( arising from the overture ) serving as instrumental interludes and introductions for operas and church services.

His operatic works include two of the most successful musical comedies of the eighteenth century, Il filosofo di campagna ( The Country Philosopher ), set by Galuppi ( 1752 ) and La buona figliuola ( The Good Girl ), set by Niccolò Piccinni ( 1760 ).

Drums are the world's oldest and most ubiquitous musical instruments, and the basic design has remained virtually unchanged for thousands of years.

In the western musical tradition, the most usual shape is a cylinder, although timpani, for example, use bowl-shaped shells.

To avoid triggering unwanted notes, most keyboard matrix circuits have diodes soldered with the switch under each key of the musical keyboard.

The most obvious distinction between the two groups was the Churches of Christ rejecting the use of musical instruments in worship.

The musical additionally borrows characters and story elements from a few other Runyon stories, most notably " Pick The Winner.

In 2010, PRS for Music listed Edinburgh amongst the UK's top ten ' most musical ' cities.

Unlike many shows of the time, Sullivan asked that most musical acts perform their music live, rather than lip-synching to their recordings.

Electronic musical instruments are now widely used in most styles of music.

It may be used to generate almost all the most important traditional musical rhythms used in different cultures throughout the world.

Cat form is the opposite, but also builds on physical damage abilities, with gameplay mechanics similar to that of rogues, including stealth and alternatives for most of their offensive moves ; Cats excel in damage dealing so in cat form the druid assumes the melee damage dealer role.

The last series of new shorts so far ended production in 2004, the most recently theatrically released Looney Tunes was Pullet Surprise in 1997, shown theatrically with Cats Don't Dance.

His most notable roles included The Hooded Claw in The Perils of Penelope Pitstop ( though he was uncredited ), Mildew Wolf from It's the Wolf ( a segment of Cattanooga Cats ), and Pertwee from Where's Huddles ?.

Although he is most often seen in human form, Morpheus appears as a huge black cat when speaking to the lonely cat-pilgrim of Dream of a Thousand Cats and as a cat-headed god when addressing the Egyptian feline goddess Bast.

Cats are most commonly used in neurological research.

However, the anapaest's most common role in English verse is as a comic metre, the foot of the limerick, of Lewis Carroll's poem The Hunting of the Snark, Edward Lear's nonsense poems, T. S. Eliot's Book of Practical Cats, a number of Dr. Seuss stories, and innumerable other examples.

The most common rescue and rehoming organizations are the RSPCA, Cats Protection, and the Dogs Trust.

She was the voice of Mimiru in. hack // SIGN, Rally Vincent in Gunsmith Cats, Yohko Mano in Devil Hunter Yohko, Momiji Kushinada in Blue Seed, and was featured most notably as Rei Ayanami of Neon Genesis Evangelion fame.

Paige went on to portray some of Lloyd Webber's most notable female characters, creating the role of Grizabella in the original production of Cats from 11 May 1981 to 13 February 1982.

Although she had been disappointed when she hoped to perform on Broadway in Evita, Cats and Chess, Paige stated of her debut there, " It was just the most perfect time to go with that particular show ".

Samurai Pizza Cats has been broadcast in Australia and New Zealand, as well as various countries in Africa, Eurasia and the Americas, most notably the United Kingdom, India, Spain, Finland, France, Italy, Poland, Greece, the Netherlands, Germany, Canada, Chile, Peru, Panama, Hong Kong, Thailand, Mexico, Brazil, Israel, Kenya, South Africa, Sweden, Armenia, and the United States, from 1991 onwards.

The Valley Cats have several mascots, the two most prominent being Southpaw and Sammie.

Gary Cathcart was named the team's new manager on November 28, 2007 ; Cathcart had served as the Fisher Cats ' hitting coach during 2005 and 2006, and had most recently managed the single-A Lansing Lugnuts.

Hall is a guest on popular BBC panel quiz shows, most notably as a regular guest on QI, for which he has received much critical acclaim and is known as the game's most frequently victorious guest panellist with ten victories ( only permanent panellist Alan Davies has won more shows ), and also with appearances in 8 Out of 10 Cats, Have I Got News for You and Never Mind the Buzzcocks.

This time the big Cats got off the start line and Walkinshaw and Percy dominated most of the race, only losing the lead during pit stops.

One of his most significant roles was that of the character Scotty Brody in the feature film Cats & Dogs ( 2001 ).

He went on to commend Black Cat, White Cats " earthy feel as well as its charm that lies in it lacking the polished glaze of most big budget features although being expertly filmed ", criticize its " tendency to run too long ", praise the performances of Bajram Severdzan " whose Matko is a likable rogue ", and Branka Katic " who has a luminous screen presence " before concluding that " while not a masterpiece, Kusturica's latest film is a real treat for those in search of a healthy dose of laughter set in a culture whose intricacies are rarely captured on film ".

Battersea Dogs & Cats Home is the UK's oldest and most famous home for dogs and cats and is situated in the Battersea area of London, England.

After playing most of the 1934 season with the Fort Worth Cats of the Texas League (" on loan " from Beaumont ), York had a brief stay with the Tigers at the end of the 1934 season.

These include such anime classics as Battle Angel, Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040, Chrono Crusade, Excel Saga, Gantz, Godannar, Golden Boy, Gunsmith Cats, Macross, Nadesico, Noir, Princess Nine, Rahxephon, Slayers, Spriggan, Neon Genesis Evangelion, The Wallflower, Gamera: Guardian of the Universe with his most recently work having been on the cg-based short films Coicent and Five Number, and the tv series Infinite Stratos.

He is probably most famous as a member of the Copy Cats team, a popular comedy programme of the late 1980s.

The group in the main were Teddy Boys during the 1970s, and most were former members of the Salford Bop Cats.

Cats and dogs may be treated with animal insulins ( pork-based is most similar to a dog's natural insulin, beef-based for a cat ), or with human synthetic insulins.