Don’t get so hung up on comment guidelines, which only puts you at risk of censoring honest reactions. This was a true conversation among people who were affected on multiple levels by a masterful work about a profound subject. If you’re interested in feedback from the audience, in this situation you’d do better to listen than to invoke guidelines.

I’m sure a lot of people liked this show, and it was indeed good, but not great. The A2 symphony orchestra was in great form, and the choir sounded great, but I mainly go to these things for the vocal soloists, and I felt that they were lacking. With the exception of the soprano and the boy soprano (great job litlte dude!) I felt the soloists did not have a full sound. They all sounded better in the second part, but I still wanted more from them. I liked the soloists who did the Messiah this year a lot better, and they were more well-known.

Also, for someone who is not religious, I found it hard to sit quietly for 2.5 hours without so much as a single round of applause during the show, even when they deserved it and there was ample time to do it. In the first part the conductor even steps off the podium for a whole minute and we’re supposed to sit there quietly as if pondering God or something. I know it’s tradition, but come on, we’re a secular society so why do we have to follow these hundreds-year-old traditions? It really felt like sitting through a church service. For someone who goes to grand opera a lot, this was a unique experience, but not one that I’m likely to repeat in the near future.

Will Wynton Marsalis have scheduled to have time to talk with young artist during his visit on the 15th of February? If so where and what time. Thank you