Plays/Operas/Musicals

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by AlphaFrog

Rehearsal last night reminded me how much I love The Messiah (yeah, not quite a play/opera/musical...whatever). The director would call out a chorus number to rehearse and I would turn to the person next to me and say "Yay! My favorite!"...and that process would repeat all night. I'm such a geek.

Oh AlphaFrog. If it were not you, I wouldn't do this, but it is you and you are such a geek, so . . . .

1) No, it's not quite a play/opera/musical. It's an oratorio, which is essentially a concert opera (story but no staging, no sets, no costumes, no character interaction), usually on on a sacred subject (though sometimes drawn from mythology).

2) The name of the oratorio is Messiah, not The Messiah.

[AlphaFrog]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

Oh AlphaFrog. If it were not you, I wouldn't do this, but it is you and you are such a geek, so . . . .

1) No, it's not quite a play/opera/musical. It's an oratorio, which is essentially a concert opera (story but no staging, no sets, no costumes, no character interaction), usually on on a sacred subject (though sometimes drawn from mythology).

2) The name of the oratorio is Messiah, not The Messiah.

Yes, and yes, I know. Especially #1, being that I'm singing it with the Oratorio Singers of Charlotte. And I HAVE seen it staged and with costume....usually with disastrous results. #2 is a bad habit that I can't seem to break. Even as I hit submit I realized it and was about 98% sure you would call me out on it.