Elijah

WRITTEN BY: Felix Mendelssohn, based on writings from the Good Book
PERFORMED AT: Samuel Clemens Center, Elmira, NY
PERFORMED ON: April 28, 1996
DIRECTOR: Marietta Cheng
SPONSORED BY: Corning-Elmira Musical Arts
PRINCIPAL CAST (and selected extras):
* ELIJAH/BASS-BARITONE- Kevin Deas
* SOPRANO- Caroline Whisnant
* MEZZO-SOPRANO- Christina Wilcox
* TENOR- Kevin Sharp
* YOUTH- Isaac Campbell
* CHORUS MEMBER, BASS- David Alan Scott Jr.

PLOT: A holy prophet (Kevin Deas) saves a village from famine and false prophets. An oratorio, which is a choral concert performed as a sort of play, with soloists playing various characters.

HISTORY: Members of the CCC chorus (including Dr. Jim Hudson and myself) joined the Corning-Elmira Musical Arts company (including full chorus and orchestra) for this concert that took place only hours after certain members of our chorus (including me) had finished our last performance (an afternoon matinee) of "Another Opening, Another Show."
Excerpts from Act I of this show were later performed at a subsequent CCC chorus concert, held at the college on May 1, 1996. Only the CCC chorus, backed by a piano, were involved.