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.
I've always wanted to see the Bach Passions done fully staged a la the Oberammergau and Chester Mystery plays.
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