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WQXR's digital 24/7 audio stream and news blog devoted to Opera. Enjoy this continuous, carefully programmed mix of opera arias, duets, scenes choruses and instrumental numbers through the stream. WQXR Special - Operavore - US
Calm Radio - Masses, Motets And Choral Works - Canada
Great Opera All The Time 1.FM - Otto's Opera House - US
Calm Radio The Best Online Internet Radio Station for Contemporary Classical New Age Music as well as Ambient Christian Music and Meditation and Healing Online Music Channels Calm Radio - Vienna Philharmonic - Canada
An oratorio is a large musical composition for orchestra, choir, and soloists. Like an opera, an oratorio includes the use of a choir, soloists, an ensemble, various distinguishable characters, and arias. However, opera is musical theatre, while oratorio is strictly a concert piece—though oratorios are sometimes staged as operas, and operas are sometimes presented in concert form. In an oratorio there is generally little or no interaction between the characters, and no props or elaborate costumes. A particularly important difference is in the typical subject matter of the text. Opera tends to deal with history and mythology, including age-old devices of romance, deception, and murder, whereas Calm radio - Oratorios - Canada