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Choreographer:  
Andrew Rist
Composer:  George Frederic Handel
Costumes:  Cheryl Rist
Lighting:  Tom Campbell


Music Premiere:
     Dublin, Ireland
             April 17, 1742


Ballet Minnesota Premiere:
     PIFA
          5th Fall Concert
          Fitzgerald Theater, St Paul, MN
              Nov 4-5, 2010

     Sinfony, Comfort Ye, Glory of the Lord,
     And He Shall Purify, The People That      Walked In Darkness, He Shall Feed
     His Flock, Behod A Virgin Shall
     Conceive, Surely He Hath Borne Our      Griefs, Hallelujah Chorus, Oh Death      Where Is Thy Sting
          24th Minnesota Dance Festival
          Fitzgerald Theater, St Paul, MN
              May 4-6, 2012


Dancers:
          May 4-6, 2012
     Erin Warn, Ben Olsen
     Hannah Wagner, Margaret Underwood
     Harper Skulley, Celesta Brainard
     Olivia Verdick, Berea Ames, Anna
     Reimann, Olivia-Rose Awsumb,
     Sophia Pellegrom, Solana Reyes,
     Lily Gray

          November 4-5, 2010
     Julia Heggernes-Morrison
     Clayton Cunningham


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The following information was obtained from Wikipedia.

- In the summer of 1741 Handel, depressed and in debt, began setting Charles Jennens' Biblical libretto to music at a breakneck speed In just 24
      days, Messiah was complete (August 22–September 14).

- Handel conducted Messiah many times and often altered the music to suit the needs of the singers and orchestra he had available to him for each
      performance. Consequently, no single version can be regarded as the "authentic" one

- Composed in London during the summer of 1741 and premiered in Dublin, Ireland on 13 April 1742, it was repeatedly revised by Handel, reaching
      its most familiar version in the performance to benefit the Foundling Hospital in 1754




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