Anton Rubinstein's sacred opera Moses Op112

[adriano]

Yes, Kevin: the same goes for Max Bruch's "Moses" oratorium, running for almost 2 hours and with only 3 soloists...
This with all the respect for Bruch's music I have!

[eschiss1]

Apologies for continuing the tangent, but the only artistically (and commercially) successful effort I've heard doesn't fit this forum's rules. (Haven't heard Rossini or Goehr, referring to a well-known unfinished mid-20th c opera.)

[Alan Howe]

I got through half of it and decided to stop

Well done. A remarkable feat of endurance. 

[adriano]

Well, as far as operas on Moses are concerned, I almost forgot Rossini's, which I actually find a wonderful piece. Those who do not agree must however, agree upon its third act's, wonderful "Preghiera". The opera has great choral numbers and the arias and scenes are all quite emotionally tense. In the second act there is a gorgeous nocturnal love duet

[Alan Howe]

Yes, quite right.