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Sir Jonathan can take himself and his production back to the UK if he doesn't like the way New Yorkers applaud. How ungrateful can a person be?
You don't criticize how people give you a compliment, nor do you psychoanalyze their motives. Shows a real lack of manners for someone with such a groomed artifice.

This guest is not interesting at all. I feel dumber after listening to him ramble.

Oh, please. What an ingrate.
I love giving a standing ovation-- as much to let the actors know I am in awe of their performances, as I do to physically express how excited I feel about the performance.

Sir Jonathan, lighten up.

Didn't Richard Dawkins say when he was asked if he found *anything* of value in religion that he did appreciate some of the art & music it had inspired?

The libretto for the SMP was written by Bach's frequent collaborator, the poet Christian Friedrich Henrici (pseudonym Picander). Picander wrote many of the texts for Bach;s church cantata.

NO! Bach did not write or put together the libretto for the St. Matthew Passion. The librettist is Christian Friedrich Henrici -- called Picander. He was well-known as a poet in Leipzig during this time.

The libretto for the SMP was written by a German poet Christian Friedrich Henrici (pseudonym Picander) who collaborated with Bach on many of his cantatas.

i attended the production last year and will see it again next week. I'm curious about one thing- why wasn't the bread at the last supper ( last year) unleavened? the staging was very naturalistic, and that small detail seemed odd to me.