El Niño

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El Niño is a large-scale musical oratorio by American composer John Adams that reimagines the Nativity story through contemporary and multicultural texts.

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El Niño canonical 7

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Predicate Object
instanceOf musical composition ⓘ
oratorio ⓘ
approximateDuration 120 minutes ⓘ
basedOn Nativity story ⓘ
commissionedBy Barbican Centre ⓘ
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts ⓘ
San Francisco Symphony ⓘ
Théâtre du Châtelet ⓘ
composer John Adams ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
genre contemporary classical music ⓘ
oratorio ⓘ
hasDirectorForStagedVersion Peter Sellars ⓘ
hasInfluenceFrom Baroque oratorio tradition ⓘ
minimalism ⓘ
hasMovementType arias ⓘ
choruses ⓘ
interludes ⓘ
hasThematicFocus Christian theology ⓘ
birth of Jesus ⓘ
hasTitleLanguage Spanish ⓘ
incorporatesCulturalElements Latin American perspectives ⓘ
contemporary feminist perspectives ⓘ
multicultural texts ⓘ
language English ⓘ
librettist John Adams ⓘ
Peter Sellars ⓘ
Rosemary E. Hardy ⓘ
notableRecording Nonesuch Records recording conducted by Kent Nagano ⓘ
partOf John Adams’ stage and concert works catalogue ⓘ
premiereCity Paris ⓘ
premiereCountry France ⓘ
premiereDate 2000-05-19 ⓘ
premiereLocation Théâtre du Châtelet ⓘ
publisher Boosey & Hawkes ⓘ
scoredFor chorus ⓘ
orchestra ⓘ
solo voices ⓘ
trio of countertenors ⓘ
structure two parts and an epilogue ⓘ
subjectMatter reimagining of the Nativity ⓘ
titleMeaning The Child ⓘ
usesTextFrom Biblical texts ⓘ
Latin American poetry ⓘ
contemporary poetry ⓘ
medieval mystery plays ⓘ
yearOfComposition 1999 ⓘ

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