Here is a quote about "Messiah" from last night's program notes for the performance downtown. In my view, it is an example of how not to write, of putting ones self above the ordinary reader.
"What is obvious, among other things, about Messiah... It's biblical message is not delivered in theatrical manner by dramatic personae ( it must mean actors?), but rather is an anonymous metaphysical discourse by a type of utopian, universal and humanistic church, one that really unites all religions, confessions and weltanschauungen (world views)." by Alexander Weimann
What is he talking about? Couldn't he have just said that Messiah is beautiful and uniting?
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