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The Oratorio: A Documentary with Martin Scorsese

Martin Scorsese tells the story of a performance that introduced Italian opera to NYC.

About The Oratorio: A Documentary with Martin Scorsese

Martin Scorsese reveals the story of a single performance in 1826 that forever changed America's cultural landscape with the introduction of Italian opera to New York City – an event Mozart's great librettist Lorenzo Da Ponte helped orchestrate.

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