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The 12 pages that link to Oratorio, each with the reason it gives.

• OperaCompared with: It can resemble opera musically while presenting its story without staged action.

• Baroque musicRelated: It adapted operatic resources for concert performance, often on sacred subjects.

• RecitativeRelated: Oratorios use recitative to narrate events and connect their arias and choruses.

• Basso continuoRelated: Continuo supports its recitatives, arias, and choruses.

• AriaRelated: Arias also give solo characters expressive pauses in this unstaged vocal drama.

• Choral musicRelated: Choral music often carries the narrative and dramatic weight of an oratorio.

• Da capo ariaRelated: Oratorios adopted operatic aria forms, including the da capo design.

• George Frideric HandelNarrower topic: Handel made English oratorio a major alternative to staged opera.

• Song cycleCompared with: Oratorio offers a larger ensemble-based alternative to the cycle’s sequence of songs.

• ContraltoRelated: Oratorios provide substantial solo repertoire for low female voices.

• Arthur HoneggerNarrower topic: Honegger used the form for biblical and historical dramas.

• Charles SantleyNarrower topic: Oratorio was a central part of Santley’s public career, especially in Britain.