Pianissimos, for all their surface allure, were occasionally precious, lacking intensity and incisiveness.

The overall musical and dramatic shape was clear, but the playing of the orchestra lacked incisiveness, and the ensemble with the singers was sometimes off.

Yet, too often the performance, which sounded under-rehearsed, simply lacked edge and incisiveness.

His playing had sparkle and fluidity but lacked incisiveness and definition.

Joseph Colaneri conducted capably, but the orchestral playing lacked incisiveness.

That said, her singing lacks incisiveness and can be somewhat bland.

Under Mr. Anagnost the orchestra playing had rich sonority and character but sometimes lacked rhythmic incisiveness.

Yet for all the relentless energy, the playing lacked precision and incisiveness.

This is not to say his performance lacked incisiveness.

He did seem to be fatigued, for in places his playing lacked incisiveness, and his tone was sometimes pallid.