Why 'Comfort' Opens Messiah
7:25–9:20 · 115s
Ruth Smith reveals Charles Jennens’s personal grief—his brother’s suicide and fear of damnation—and how that anguish shaped the libretto’s opening call of 'Comfort' and its universal promise of salvation.
7:25–9:20 · 115s
Ruth Smith reveals Charles Jennens’s personal grief—his brother’s suicide and fear of damnation—and how that anguish shaped the libretto’s opening call of 'Comfort' and its universal promise of salvation.
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