For many coloraturas, cultivating bright sound and technical agility in a high register can lend the voice a strident edge.

Though her climactic top notes above high C were not fearlessly sung, Ms. Rost's overall technical agility was unquestionable.

She became famous for her technical agility and pearly light coloratura voice combined excellent stage presence.

The result is a richness of unconventional, explicit ideas presented with baffling technical agility and visually arresting images by his company.

Unfortunately, the last part of the piece was a long solo that emphasized Mr. Wright's technical agility, rather than Mr. Storey's gift for social commentary.

"Largo al factotum" left no doubt of the rich, vibrant, rock-solid timbre of his voice and also of his considerable technical agility.

The question on Monday night was whether at this stage in her career, Ms. Fleming still had the technical agility to dispatch Rossini's formidable roulades and runs.

Mr. Sullivan delivered this premiere and the remainder of the wide-ranging program with a seductive breadth of tone and considerable technical agility.

Mr. Fresnadillo's first movie, the Spanish-language thriller "Intacto," showed him to be a filmmaker with technical agility and a decidedly philosophical bent.

Since then she has become one of the most essential vocal artists of her generation, valued for her plush voice, technical agility and communicative powers.