(1) It does convey with brio American theatrical life in the middle two quarters of the nineteenth century.(2) she told her story with some brio(3) The voice of the translator must be prose, not verse, if the original composition is to be sung with spirit and brio .(4) While serious in subject and sad in fact, the play is written with brio and excellent humour.(5) There was more brio than substance, and not a memorable tune in sight.(6) Now nearly 80, the ex-Harvard Prof is still full of brio and a force to be reckoned with.(7) He conducted it with flair, brio , and real Mozartean style.(8) The sheer brio of these pieces makes them both unsettling and hypnotic.(9) This balletic score received a performance filled with rhythmic verve and brio .(10) Branson for better or worse is brio personified.(11) And this has a sagging effect on the story, which launches itself with such brio and yet is strangely underpowered.(12) It has nothing of the sheer brio of L' Ancienne Auberge.(13) The intoxicating brio of the coda capped a performance that approached that rarified aura of perfection!(14) Brinkley's legacy can be witnessed every time a TV commentator describes a Washington scene with brio and wit.(15) Burstein captured every subtle variation of the melodic line with scintillating brio and vivacity.(16) He was pardoned by a governor who admired his brio .