oratorio

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Harry Bicket and the English Concert presented the composer’s highly theatrical but little-known 1745 oratorio in an uneven but frequently arresting performance.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

Despite dealing with an oratorio, “The Choral” is more of a medley, briefly touching on one theme after another, but never convincingly.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 24, 2025

An opera disguised as an oratorio to get around the church’s ban on profane opera, the impolitic work about past and present is formed as the conflict between extravagance and sanctity.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2025

A production note in the published play describes the work as “an oratorio set in a Black Pentecostal service,” and that’s how the directing team of Mark J.P.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 8, 2023

Handel’s first English oratorio was Esther in 1732, performed in the King's Theatre in London’s Haymarket.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall