May 9 2022

Elijah is the dramatic biblical tale of the unyielding prophet and his struggle against the wicked king Ahab who, with his duplicitous wife Jezebel, led the ancient Israelites astray from their true God. Felix Mendelssohn’s setting of this righteous man’s defense of the Hebrew God over the Canaanite Baal includes frenzied pagan rituals, ecstatic hymns of praise, stirring choruses, and operatic arias which are masterfully woven into an emotional depiction of this ancient epic.

The Oratorio Society first performed Elijah in 1876. This concert marks the Society’s 39th performance of the piece.

Conductor: Kent Tritle
Soprano: Susanna Phillips
Soprano Cover: Liz Lang
Mezzo: Lucia Bradford
Tenor: Isaiah Bell
Baritone: Justin Austin
Treble: Zachary Whelan