A bravura performance demands courage and skill — from the same Italian root that means both "virtuoso singer" and "hired assassin."
Great technical skill and brilliance in performance, especially in music. A passage or piece requiring exceptional virtuosity. Also used as an adjective meaning brilliantly executed.
From Italian bravura (bravery, skill, spirit), from bravo (brave, bold, skilled), possibly from Latin barbarus (foreign, savage) via a sense shift to bold/courageous, or from a Vulgar Latin *bravus of uncertain origin Key roots: bravo (Italian: "brave, bold, skilled"), *bravus (Vulgar Latin: "bold, courageous (uncertain origin)").
In opera, a bravura aria is a showcase piece designed to display a singer's full vocal range and technical mastery — think of the Queen of the Night's aria in Mozart's The Magic Flute. The word "bravo" shouted at performers comes from the same root. Oddly, "bravo" in Italian also means "assassin