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Fri, Dec 18 & Sat, Dec 19 at 7:30pm; Sun, Dec 20 at 5:00pm (all at First Baptist)
Robert Ainsley, director and harpsichord
Rachelle Durkin, soprano
Michael Kepler Meo, boy soprano
Angela Niederloh, mezzo soprano
Brendan Tuohy, tenor
Matt Boehler, baritone
Cappella Romana, chorus
All performances at First Baptist Church
G. F. Handel: Messiah (A Sacred Oratorio)
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Handel's Messiah is one of the only pieces of Baroque music that has been performed continuously since its composition, and 2009 marks the 250th anniversary of the composer's death.
Get your tickets early for this Portland holiday tradition.
Robert Ainsley, conductor of Portland Opera's groundbreaking production of La Calisto that featured PBO, directs this year's Messiah. The performances will feature boy soprano Michael Kepler Meo (Miles in Portland Opera's production of Turn of the Screw last speason) singing "the Angel." Australian rising-star soprano Rachelle Durkin makes her Portland debut, alongside mezzo-soprano Angela Niederloh, tenor Brendan Tuohy, baritone Christopher Burchett, and celebrated chorus Cappella Romana.
Three Complete Performances, all at First Baptist Church, downtown Portland |
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