{"id":149738,"date":"2025-12-11T09:55:18","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T14:55:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/panm360.com\/gig_review\/osm-le-messie-en-avent\/"},"modified":"2025-12-11T13:17:32","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T18:17:32","slug":"osm-le-messie-en-avent","status":"publish","type":"gig_review","link":"https:\/\/panm360.com\/en\/gig_review\/osm-le-messie-en-avent\/","title":{"rendered":"OSM | The Messiah\u2026 in Advent!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:20px\">December 10, 2025, Advent is in full swing. In the heart of Montreal&#8217;s Maison symphonique, the OSM is preparing, once again, to breathe new life into the great Baroque classic, Handel&#8217;s Messiah. I&#8217;m sitting in row J, seat 23, my bag at my feet. I&#8217;m about to discover and listen to the entire Messiah for the first time. I can&#8217;t wait.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:20px\">The musicians enter the stage: choir, first violin, soloists, Payare, applause. Silence. It begins. First movement, Symphony: the oratorio emerges from the crypt of time, as vibrant as it was 284 years ago. The miracle of music. Then the first soloist of the evening rises, a tenor, and it doesn&#8217;t stop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:20px\">I take notes, I scribble, and above all, I listen. It&#8217;s a massive and rich work that Handel left to posterity. Time flies by, the music envelops me, and then it&#8217;s already intermission. Applause, hubbub, bathroom break.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:20px\">I already have some favorites. Luciana Mancini, the mezzo-soprano, has a magnificent voice: warm and powerful, it speaks to me, it enchants me. It&#8217;s her voice that seems the most powerful to me tonight. Every time she rises, in her turquoise velvet dress, and walks toward the center of the stage, I eagerly anticipate what awaits me. The choir, however, remains the star of the evening: 35 voices that merge, clash, play, and harmonize, 35 voices that become a single instrument. An instrument that lets me hear glimpses of paradise. The fluctuations in register and volume, from low to high, from a whisper to thunder, both sudden and imperceptible, give me chills, momentarily pulling me away from Assiah. When I see the singers rise at the back of the stage, I almost purr.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:20px\">The intermission ends. Three knocks, I sit back down. The musicians return to the stage: choir, first violin, soloists, Payare, lights, music. Here we go again. Act two begins: before Christ can be resurrected, he must first be killed\u2014since Handel&#8217;s Messiah was originally composed for Easter. The soloists give it their all; they are at their best, even more assured than in the first movement. Each movement is like a new chocolate from an Advent calendar, a delight. The violins, trumpets, and harpsichords are equally impressive: it&#8217;s beautiful, dramatic, triumphant, and tragic. The melodies resonate in my ears and touch my heart. I must have shed a tear or two, and it wasn&#8217;t from dust. Christ dies, rises again, Alleluia. The third and final movement left me a little unmoved, but the time flew by\u2014three hours of pure bliss. Applause, three encores. I go home to write my review, a smile on my face.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Photos: Antoine Saito<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:20px\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1023\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/panm360.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/OSM-Messie-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-149717\" srcset=\"https:\/\/panm360.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/OSM-Messie-2.jpg 1023w, https:\/\/panm360.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/OSM-Messie-2-768x480.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1023px) 100vw, 1023px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>December 10, 2025, Advent is in full swing. 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