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  • Kushner locates, through the Grand Inquisitor's speech, its unnerving relevance.

    Deathtrap; Bedlam; Tiny Kushner 2010

  • Sven asked me to water the plants, 'Patrick says, his hand inside my jeans, and pours the rest of the stuff into a cactus with spines like something from an Inquisitor's kit.

    Obituary 2010

  • I couldn't be sitting in an American hotel, listening to a well set up military man in an Inquisitor's hood, calling himself after one of the Fates, and apologising for coarse language to an aristocrat-turned-whore who used to be my mistress ...

    THE NUMBERS 2010

  • It's OK, but it might be better with better conducting: Olivero De Fabritiis, in the pit, makes the Inquisitor's theme sound kind of drab and un-menacing, and the performance has the lack of rhythmic control that is typical of a lot of Italian performances of the era there's even one moment where Philip completely misses his entrance.

    Archive 2008-01-01 Jaime J. Weinman 2008

  • He also shows an understanding of the limits of a singer: this comes right after Philip's big aria, so Philip's music here is much less difficult than the Inquisitor's.

    Archive 2008-01-01 Jaime J. Weinman 2008

  • Is there an alternative to the seductive, and ultimately blasphemous allure of the Grand Inquisitor's creation of a religion which offers mystery and authority?

    The Archbishop's Dostoevsky - TLS 2008

  • With its bright-red cover and tabloid-style title, The Ratzinger Report (1985) suggested that some intrepid journalist had found a breach in the Inquisitor's silence.

    The Year of two Popes 2006

  • With its bright-red cover and tabloid-style title, The Ratzinger Report (1985) suggested that some intrepid journalist had found a breach in the Inquisitor's silence.

    The Year of two Popes 2006

  • It's OK, but it might be better with better conducting: Olivero De Fabritiis, in the pit, makes the Inquisitor's theme sound kind of drab and un-menacing, and the performance has the lack of rhythmic control that is typical of a lot of Italian performances of the era there's even one moment where Philip completely misses his entrance.

    Music For Two Old Men Arguing About Politics Jaime J. Weinman 2008

  • He also shows an understanding of the limits of a singer: this comes right after Philip's big aria, so Philip's music here is much less difficult than the Inquisitor's.

    Music For Two Old Men Arguing About Politics Jaime J. Weinman 2008

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