>From: Karen Mercedes <dalila@R...> >From: Karen Mercedes <dalila@R...> > >On Mon, 14 May 2001, DIANE M. CLARK (MUSIC DEPARTMENT) wrote: > > > I was once in a fully staged production of Mendelssohn's Elijah. It was >very > > powerful! > >I have no objection to fully-staged oratorios - depending on the oratorio. >But if you're not doing a fully-staged presentation, I think it's >imperative that you stick to oratorio "convention", i.e., no hand gestures >or major facial expressions, and holding the score. > >
OK, I'll bite: How exactly was the chorus "The Lord gave the word" staged? (This is the one with the mighty wind, earthquake, fire and "still small voice.")
Elizabeth Finkler Sunnyvale, California mightymezzo@h... http://home.earthlink.net/~mightymezzo
"If you must be wrong, be wrong at the top of your voice!" --Lucy Van Pelt
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