immolation
Example Sentences
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I can’t have been the only boy for whom Jessye Norman’s hair, when she sang Brünnhilde’s Immolation Scene with the orchestra on national television in 1995, was a turning point.
From New York Times • Jan. 28, 2022
The song "Away from God" by Immolation discusses salvation, heaven and hell in a way that could be seen as an extreme form of biblical lament.
From Salon • Nov. 26, 2021
In an intense final episode that anticipates Brünnhilde’s Immolation Scene, Armide calls upon demons to destroy her enchanted palace.
From New York Times • Feb. 12, 2012
One Sunday afternoon in 1939, just after her first recital in Manhattan's Town Hall, Traubel sang the Immolation Scene from G�terd�merung with the Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra of New York.
From Time Magazine Archive
When the music ceased a soprano sang the Immolation music and there was weeping heard in the body of the house.
From Melomaniacs by Huneker, James
Vocabulary lists containing immolation
"The Cask of Amontillado"
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Poe's Favorite Words, collected by Charles Harrington Elster
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"Wuthering Heights" by Emily Bronte, Chapters 21–26
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