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At almost age 150, the OSNY makes another splendid return to one of the great classics of the oratorio genre.
Read More »Concert Review (NYC): Oratorio Society of New York – Felix Mendelssohn’s ‘Elijah’ (9 May 2022)
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Opera Review (NYC): A ‘La Susanna’ for the #MeToo Era at BAM
Heartbeat Opera and Opera Lafayette have devised a superb staged production of the baroque oratorio 'La Susana,' retelling a biblical story of sexual harassment with love, humor, seductive grace, and wonderful music.
Read More »Concert Review: MasterVoices – ‘The Saint John Passion’ by Bach at Carnegie Hall (NYC 9 Feb 2017)
The soloists shone both separately and in concert, as if distilling the work of the huge chorus behind them. I didn't want the penultimate piece, "O Sleep," sung by the chorus and then the soloists in counterpoint, to end.
Read More »Concert Review: Saint Thomas Choir of Men and Boys with Orchestra of St. Luke’s – Haydn’s ‘Creation’ (NYC, 10/27/2016)
A joyful, optimistic, brilliantly composed vision, Haydn's great oratorio jibed perfectly with Enlightenment philosophy, and went on to offer a couple of hours of comfort and relief as war darkened the start of the 19th century. Today, it continues to bring joy.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘Omnia Ad Dei Gloriam (Or, Les the Least Straightens the Lord)’
A 1960s comic jazz oratorio by composer Gerald Fried ('Star Trek', 'Roots') gets a brief new life at the New York Musical Theatre Festival.
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