A current of self-denial runs through "Caroline," from a libretto that refuses to sentimentalize its heroine to its deliberately fragmented score, which avoids anthems of uplift.

Berio's deliberately fragmented story line incorporates references to Homer, Joyce, Auden, Brecht and Melville.

These focused characterizations and Mr. Abbado's concentrated work start to make sense of the drama, with its deliberately fragmented quality, its typically Schumannian juxtapositions of opposing emotions.

In a series of deliberately fragmented episodes, Catherine Mapp, the solo's choreographer, went from insecurity to confidence.

This deliberately fragmented work challenges an audience to re-define its notion of what constitutes a "play" and might seem to question whether someone has any existence beyond the models we construct.

The film is deliberately fragmented and surreal though the androgynous Giton (Max Born) gives the graphic picture of Petronius' character.

Information in internal investigations was deliberately fragmented, rather than woven together to form a pattern, and cases were closed well before all leads had been exhausted.

Even without the use of literal quotations, Mr. Druckman's eerie, atmospheric sound-world is instantly recognizable, filled with deliberately fragmented flourishes that constantly juxtapose light and darkness.

The deliberately fragmented "Long Way Round" was filled with sudden comings and goings that made each phrase a sharp splinter of movement.

"Despite its deliberately fragmented conception," Mr. Gervasoni wrote, "the opera displays true dramatic continuity, from the orchestra pit to the stage."