This can be tricky. I jsut sang the title role in Elijah (for the 7th time) and this is, in my opinion, the most "operatic" of the oratorios. I do not gesture (though I've thought about it) but I do try to indicate somewhat to whom I am speaking (the child, Ahab, etc.)
I have been told that William Warfield would actually turn and address the choir during the "Baal sequence." I'm sure this was pretty shocking the first time!
-JS
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