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

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