John Adams' vocal writing may not be the strongest in 'El Niño,' but Alsop locks in the orchestrally virtuosic score into place at every turn.
John Adams' vocal writing may not be the strongest in 'El Niño,' but Alsop locks in the orchestrally virtuosic score into place at every turn.
Adams’ orchestra-heavy, post-minimalist score portrays Christ’s birth as a seismic historic event, followed by King Herod’s genocide. Slashing orchestra gestures echo Bernard Herrmann’s film score in. But the music also conveys “days of miracle and wonder” with shimmering climaxes unlike anything Adams has written before or since.
With its better-defined plot lines, the second act was staged more traditionally, with baritone Davóne Tines impressively shape-shifting from playing an irate Joseph to murder-prone King Herod.
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