Sentence:  The crowd staged its own mad scene in salvos of cheers and applause and finally a standing ovation as Miss Sutherland took curtain call after curtain call following a fantastic `` Mad Scene '' created on her own and with the help of the composer and the other <WSD>performers</WSD> . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  an entertainer who performs a dramatic or musical work for an audience