oratorio

noun

or·a·to·rio ˌȯr-ə-ˈtȯr-ē-ˌō

ˌär-

plural oratorios

Synonyms of oratorio next

: a lengthy choral work usually of a religious nature consisting chiefly of recitatives, arias, and choruses without action or scenery

Examples of oratorio in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web George Frideric Handel called his most enduringly popular oratorio simply Messiah — not The Messiah. —

Dallas News, 15 Dec. 2022 With this piece, Handel barges noisily through the swinging doors of the saloon of Eighteenth-century oratorio tradition, already fully at ease with the Baroque practice, begun a generation or two before, of alternating recitatives (sung dialogue) and arias. —

Luke Schulze, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 July 2023 Raise your voice along side your fellow audience members in Los Angeles Master Chorale’s annual participatory presentation of Handel’s oratorio. —

Los Angeles Times, 29 Nov. 2022 The production married a historic opera children performed in a concentration camp with a contemporary oratorio Laitman composed using young prisoners' underground poetry. —

The Indianapolis Star, 9 June 2023 His Flute Concerto and Flute Sonata Undine are sometimes performed today, but virtually unknown is a prolific output of operas, oratorios, symphonies, piano concertos, chamber music and piano pieces. —

Dallas News, 22 Feb. 2023 Enter Email Sign Up Handel: ‘Proverai di che fiere saette,’ from ‘Almira’ After George Frideric Handel died in London in 1759, his instrumental music and English-language oratorios received the lion’s share of attention. —

Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 25 May 2023 John reports that the Virgin Mary has seen the risen Jesus, Mary Magdalene relates her own encounter and the oratorio ends in celebration. —

Scott Cantrell, Dallas News, 19 Apr. 2021 Masur, who loves choral music, will conduct the Milwaukee Symphony Chorus in Handel's popular oratorio. —

Jim Higgins, Journal Sentinel, 2 May 2023 See More

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