Shot In The Dark: Twenty-<i>Five</i> Years Ago Today...

December 19, 2005

Twenty-Five Years Ago Today...

Rachel Irene from My Opera Life (as far as I know the only blog about opera in the MOB, at least until JB Doubtless decides to clue us in on his hidden life) wrote about Händel's Messiah the other day...

...which reminded me that it was 25 years ago today that I played in Messiah, at a production at Dickinson State College, in western North Dakota. I played cello; although it was amateur, DSC paid meals and hotel bills for out-of-town participants (and honestly, how many cellists could there have been in Dickinson, ND?)

Yes, I remember the date. It was that incredible an experience.

Posted by Mitch at December 19, 2005 06:23 AM | TrackBack

Comments

The Messiah is spectacular. My church choir sang excerpts a few years ago. I love the parts of the Hallelujah Chorus that involve words other than hallelujah. (That might sound snarky, but it isn't meant to be.)

Posted by: Uncle Ben at December 19, 2005 11:42 PM

While I love the Messiah, all I have to hear is the beginning of O Holy Night and I am jelly. The clear voice singing the verses just send shivers up the spine and then when the whole choir comes in on the chorus I just melt. Nothing else strikes me quite so much.

Posted by: dick at December 21, 2005 07:55 PM