coryphee

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim The conductor or leader of the chorus of a drama.

   “The piece [...] contains a passage for men's voices marked "Les Travailleurs," topped by a tenor solo (in alto clef) marked "Coryphée," a term originally meaning leader of the chorus, as in a Greek tragedy. [...] [T]he aforementioned "Coryphée" line grows out of a recitative for first tenor.”

2. isim The chief or leader of an interest or party.

   “[...] Louis the Fourteenth,—that glory, / That Coryphée of all crown'd pates, / That pink of the Legitimates— [...]”

3. isim A ballet dancer ranking above a member of the corps de ballet and below a soloist.

   “Mademoiselle Coralie Montmorrillion, a talented artiste from the grand opera, at Paris, and now principal coryphée at the theatre royal— [...]”

4. isim Alternative form of coryphée.

   “And now, whip—whip—whip—as fast as St. Francis [of Assisi] himself, or St. Dominic Loricatus, coryphee of flagellants, could himself have flagellated.”