debut performance
First time onstage
A debut performance is someone's first public appearance in a particular role or field—an actor's first time on stage, a musician's first concert, an athlete's first professional game.
The phrase emphasizes the occasion's significance as an introduction: Her debut performance earned standing ovations.
Often shortened to simply debut.
- premiereFirst public performance
- opening nightFirst staged performance
- first nightDebut public performance
- first showInaugural theatrical presentation
- stage frightFear of performing publicly
rave reviews · sold out show · standing ovation · spotlight · nerves · applause · breakthrough · newcomer · rookie · fresh face · fresh · virgin · launch · big break · unveiling · bow · entrance · introduction
- Concert Termsheadliner, opening act, headline act, main act, encore
- debutsfirst show, first appearance, premiere, launch, unveiling
- theater eventsopening night, closing night, premiere, world premiere, curtain call
- orchestrassymphony orchestra, chamber orchestra, philharmonic, string ensemble, sinfonietta
debut performancefarewell performance
Final public appearance
final performance · swan song · final bow · closing night · last hurrah
debut performancerehearsal
Pre-performance practice session
dress rehearsal · practice run · run-through · tech rehearsal · private practice
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