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Recent Examples of oratorio
This one-of-a-kind Spanish-language oratorio will be released next year.
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Beth Wood, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Dec. 2025
Few singers today dispatch the aria with the panache of Gerald Finley, who performs the oratorio next week with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, from December 16 to 21.
—Matthew Gurewitsch, Air Mail, 13 Dec. 2025
But her fourth album, Lux, adopts the sound and ambitions of a classical oratorio to mirror the modern quest for salvation, in all its thrilling and frustrating contours.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 11 Nov. 2025
So you were drawn to the idea of writing an oratorio?
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 14 Oct. 2025
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Beth Wood, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Dec. 2025
Few singers today dispatch the aria with the panache of Gerald Finley, who performs the oratorio next week with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, from December 16 to 21.
—Matthew Gurewitsch, Air Mail, 13 Dec. 2025
But her fourth album, Lux, adopts the sound and ambitions of a classical oratorio to mirror the modern quest for salvation, in all its thrilling and frustrating contours.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 11 Nov. 2025
So you were drawn to the idea of writing an oratorio?
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 14 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for oratorio
Noun
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Nazi parades set to electronic hype music; paeans to Third Reich governance.—
Antonia Hitchens,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
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But that success also led to the sci-fi woodland antics of The Wild Robot; the Oscar-winning, postapocalyptic vision of feline collaboration in Flow; and the paean to basketball teamwork that was this year’s Goat.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
26 Mar. 2026
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Another 13 people were wounded on downtown Sacramento’s K Street and 10th Street, in what became the deadliest mass shooting in the city’s history.—
Darrell Smith,
Sacbee.com,
19 June 2026
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The departments recently faced budget cuts as the city attempted to close the gap of a $1 billion budget shortfall and avoid mass layoffs.—
Melissa Gomez,
Los Angeles Times,
19 June 2026
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Cronenworth hit a grounder to the left side in last night’s eighth inning, crossed first base before the throw and raised his hands in a sort of hit hallelujah.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 Apr. 2026
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What better time to shout hallelujah than Easter Sunday?—
Jorie Nicole McDonald,
Southern Living,
7 Mar. 2026
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At 1981's Trooping the Colour, Diana rode in a carriage with former Prince Andrew, as her husband-to-be Prince Charles was riding on horseback as part of the processional.—
Jennifer Hassan,
USA Today,
13 June 2026
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The Grand Prix has been criticized as a processional where Saturday hot laps decide the result.—
Sahil Kapur,
NBC news,
7 June 2026
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The screenplay’s dirge-like momentum is ironic as Sarnoski has set out to make a movie itself about storytelling.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
18 June 2026
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The already dirge-like film downshifts further, towards a more pleasant state of repose, as Robin convalesces.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
11 June 2026
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The reason for the requiem Pulse was an Orlando gay bar where, on June 12, 2016, gunman Omar Mateen shot and killed 49 people and wounded another 58.—
Rod Stafford Hagwood,
Sun Sentinel,
29 May 2026
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The biggest difference is probably how Laurie plays the final requiem.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
4 May 2026
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The score by Joseph Bishara is shivery with chorales that moan like wraiths in the wind.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Apr. 2026
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Synchronized blinking faded when the researchers sped up the Bach chorales to 120 beats per minute.—
Jesse Greenspan,
Scientific American,
11 Mar. 2026
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“Oratorio.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oratorio. Accessed 22 Jun. 2026.
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