bravura
Showy artistic skill
Bravura is brilliant, showy skill—especially in musical or artistic performance.
A bravura passage demands virtuoso technique; a bravura performance dazzles with technical mastery.
The word extends beyond the arts: a bravura display of diplomatic maneuvering.
Bravura suggests confidence bordering on flamboyance, execution so assured it invites admiration.
Showy, confident style
- panacheFlamboyant confidence of manner
- flourishTo grow vigorously
- swaggerConfident, boastful manner
- pizzazzLively, attention-grabbing quality
spectacle · theatricality · flair · dazzle · flash · grandstanding · ostentation · display
Supremely accomplished performer
- maestroDistinguished musical leader
- prodigyGifted youth with rare talent
- masteryComplete skill or control
- brillianceExceptional intelligence or luster
dexterity · technique · precision · artistry · finesse · prowess · accomplishment · command
Fearless readiness to act
- audacityBrazen, reckless daring
- fearlessnessComplete lack of dread
- assuranceFirm promise or certainty
- daringAdventurous courage
nerve · chutzpah · intrepidity · self-assurance · aplomb · poise · gallantry · pluck
Operatic solo piece
- cadenzaExtended solo passage
- coloraturaElaborate vocal ornamentation
- passageSegment of text
- soloPerformance by one
concerto · allegro · fortissimo · crescendo · ornamentation · embellishment · roulade · trill
flamboyance
Showy, confident style
pizzazz · spectacle · theatricality · flair · dazzle · flash · grandstanding · ostentation · display · extravagance
virtuoso
Supremely accomplished performer
- maestroDistinguished musical leader
- prodigyGifted youth with rare talent
- masteryComplete skill or control
brilliance · dexterity · technique · precision · artistry · finesse · prowess · accomplishment · command · facility
boldness
Fearless readiness to act
- audacityBrazen, reckless daring
- fearlessnessComplete lack of dread
- assuranceFirm promise or certainty
daring · nerve · chutzpah · intrepidity · self-assurance · aplomb · poise · gallantry · pluck · moxie
aria
Operatic solo piece
- cadenzaExtended solo passage
- coloraturaElaborate vocal ornamentation
- passageSegment of text
solo · concerto · allegro · fortissimo · crescendo · ornamentation · embellishment · roulade · trill · run
recital
Solo musical performance
- concertLive musical performance
- encoreAudience-demanded extra performance
- ovationExtended audience applause
applause · soloist · premiere · debut · interpretation · rendition · execution · display · showcase · turn
- performing artsacting, dance, music, drama, theater
- flairflair, panache, pizzazz, verve, elan
- Baroque OperaHandel, Monteverdi, Vivaldi, castrato, recitative
- brushworkbrushwork, strokes, bold strokes, gestural, impasto
- classical musicBach, Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, Brahms
- ornamentsornaments, ornament, decoration, decor, adornment
bravuraineptitude
Lack of ability
incompetence · clumsiness · inept · clumsy · awkward
bravurarestraint
Control over impulses
subtlety · understatement · subdued · understated · muted
bravuratimidity
Fearful lack of courage
caution · hesitancy · tentativeness · diffidence · timorousness