In this sweeping world premiere, composer Heather Christian infuses the classical oratorio with blues, gospel, jazz and soul. Oratorio for Living Things unfolds the complex layers of what it means to be alive and our relationship to time. Staged by Obie Award-winning director Lee Sunday Evans and featuring eighteen virtuosic singers and instrumentalists, the experience surrounds and uplifts, celebrating our curiosity, our wonder, and what we’re capable of becoming when in communion with each other. The resulting music-theater event heralds Christian as an undeniable artistic force.
“PROFOUNDLY STRANGE & OVERWHELMINGLY BEAUTIFUL – HEATHER CHRISTIAN’S RAPTUROUS NEW MUSIC-THEATER WORK TURNS A TINY AMPHITHEATER INTO A VAST CATHEDRAL OF SOUND”
– Jesse Green, The New York Times
“A WORK THAT SUCCESSFULLY ESTABLISHES A DIALOGUE BETWEEN THE SACRED AND THE MUNDANE, BETWEEN THE INVISIBLE AND WHAT WE GRASP WITH OUR SENSES.”
– Jose Solís, The New York Times
“EXHILARATING!
BREATHTAKING!
A TRANSCENDENT EXPERIENCE!”
– Raven Snook, Time Out New York
“GORGEOUS – A MUST SEE!”
– Adam Feldman, Time Out New York
“A WHITEWATER CATARACT OF SOUND & MEANING”
– Helen Shaw, Vulture
“RAVISHING! THIS COLLISION OF CLASSICAL MUSIC, EXPERIMENTAL THEATER, AND THEORETICAL PHYSICS GENERATES SO MUCH CREATIVE ENERGY, IT FEELS LIKE IT COULD POWER EVERY THEATER IN NEW YORK.”
