In this special edition of Behind the Curtain, LA Opera's Richard Seaver Music Director, James Conlon contemplates some of the rich musical works, oratorios, opera and stage festival plays, that have been associated with Easter traditions and celebrations.

Works featured include:

Messiah by George Frideric Handel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r68P8TBWiIQ

St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 by Johann Sebastian Bach

https://youtu.be/28bIf-OzKVE

Anne Sofie von Otter - "Erbarme dich, mein Gott": https://youtu.be/r2C8TvF3dJk

Easter Oratorio. BWV 249 by Johann Sebastian Bach

https://youtu.be/xUKc_-x6v0M

Stabat Mater by Antonín Dvořák

https://youtu.be/MTPxgiAtTp0

https://youtu.be/BaKhp6voYdw

Stabat Mater, Op. 53 by Karol Szymanowski

https://youtu.be/soC2WFYgWH0

Quattro pezzi sacri: Stabat mater by Giuseppe Verdi

https://youtu.be/HU9rqXpYWJk

Christus by Franz Liszt

https://youtu.be/PteHCN8_fHk

Parsifal - Act Three - Karfreitag (Good Friday) Excerpt by Richard Wagner

https://youtu.be/z-vcbbRREUgKarfreitagrauber