a : having or showing great knowledge or understanding. 1  a profound thinker. 2  His knowledge of history is profound. 3  Her books offer profound insights into the true nature of courage.
Arts | OPERA REVIEW. OPERA REVIEW; A Blind Pop Tenor Takes On the Operatic Stage. There were crestfallen faces throughout the audience at the Detroit Opera House on Friday night as Andrea Bocelli made his North American opera debut in the title role of Massenet's ''Werther'' with the Michigan Opera Theater.
Deformed since birth, a bitter man known only as the Phantom lives in the sewers underneath the Paris Opera House. He falls in love with the obscure chorus singer Christine, and privately tutors her while terrorizing the rest of the opera house and demanding Christine be given lead roles. Things get worse when Christine meets back up with her childhood acquaintance Raoul and the two fall in love.