plangent

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As the Choreographer, Megan Moore’s plangent mezzo was especially effective in her mourning aria; soprano Whitney Morrison was dramatic as the Performance Artist, the only member of the creative quintet who sees what is coming.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 22, 2025

A clear highlight was “Amelia,” a plangent, airy meditation on freedom and flight.

From New York Times • Jun. 11, 2023

The column in which this plangent cri de coeur appeared bears the subtle title “More Babies, Please.”

From Washington Post • Apr. 27, 2023

He plays subtext beautifully in “Spiderhead,” with plangent notes of regret.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 16, 2022

One evening, camped at the edge of a deep wood, Tristran heard something he had never heard before: a beautiful melody, plangent and strange.

From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman