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Article: Apollo's Fire sets Passion tale aflame.(Opera review)
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- The Blade (Toledo, OH)
- Article date:
- April 5, 2007
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Byline: Sally Vallongo
Apr. 5--Original instruments, original music, and the original story behind this Holy Week 2007 came together in the Peristyle last night to inspire a not sizable but enthusiastic audience as Apollo's Fire, the Cleveland Baroque Orchestra, made its Toledo debut. Third in the SkyBank/Toledo Museum of Art Peristyle series, the concert featured a single work, The Passion According to St. John, an 18th-century sacred masterpiece by Johann Sebastian Bach. As conceived and conducted by Apollo's Fire founder Jeannette Sorrell, the long and complex work sung in English was inspirational and accessible. A small but marvelously disciplined ...