>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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