Clues for the word "ORATORIO"
We've had 87 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 139 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Daily Quick crossword on August 04, 2026.
Definition of oratorio
- n. - A more or less dramatic text or poem, founded on some Scripture nerrative, or great divine event, elaborately set to music, in recitative, arias, grand choruses, etc., to be sung with an orchestral accompaniment, but without action, scenery, or costume, although the oratorio grew out of the Mysteries and the Miracle and Passion plays, which were acted.
- n. - Performance or rendering of such a composition.
Referring Clues
- Mendelssohn's "Elijah," e.g.
- "Messiah," e.g.
- Handel's "Messiah," e.g.
- Scarlatti work
- Choir piece
- Haydn's "The Seasons," e.g.
- Choral work
- Handel work
- Some Handel bars
- "Elijah" or "The Creation"
- Church piece
- Opus with singing
- Lengthy sung opus
- "The Seasons," for example
- Handel's "Messiah," for one
- Music based on the Bible
- "The Messiah", for one
- Handel's "Messiah," notably
- Handel's "Israel in Egpyt," for one
- Handel's "The Messiah," for one
- Handel bars
- Haydn's "The Seasons," for one
- "Messiah," for one
- Religious piece
- Handel's "Hercules" is one
- Bach genre
- Haydn's "The Creation", e.g.
- Handel's "Messiah," e.g.
- "Messiah," for one
- Some Handel bars?
- Dramatic musical composition
- Collection of some Handel bars
- Handel's "Hercules" is one
- Haydn's "The Creation", e.g.
- Bach wrote one for Christmas
- Sacred musical composition
- Handel's "Samson" or "Saul"
- Sacred story set to music
- Sacred story set to music
- Handel's 'Messiah,' e.g.
- Choral composition
- Passion, for one
- Lengthy choral work
- Bach piece
- Musical composition
- Handel bars?
- "Messiah", musically
- Sacred piece
- Handel's "Samson" or "Solomon"
- Musical work on a religious theme
- Mendelssohn's "Elijah," for one
- 'Messiah,' e.g.
- Handel's "Messiah," for example
- McCartney wrote one for Liverpool
- 'The Creation' by Haydn, e.g.
- Word from the Italian for "small chapel"
- "Messiah," notably
- Haydn genre
- Large choral work
- Work accepted by Poirot: a robbery with a twist
- One making a speech at Number Ten - to music
- Handel's "Messiah", for instance
- Religious musical work
- Large-scale work, or a small-scale piece about nothing
- Composition of gold advanced where Ronnie Biggs escaped
- One who talks one round to composing some music
- Work such as Handel's Messiah
- Composition for singers and orchestra
- Speaker: "I love 'The Creation', for example"
- The "Creation" is golden - a high spot I love
- Musical work for orchestra and voices
- Great work, as old relation steals gold
- Berlioz's "L'Enfance du Christ," e.g.
- Speaker, 10, tells musical story
- Sacred music composition
- One who speaks 10 at this time
- Vocal work or a chamber work incorporating a round
- Needing no introduction, sexist Kazakh loves to adopt religious teachings as The Messiah, perhaps?
- Speaker - one with old composition
- What Handel handled well
- Choral piece
- Handel's "Messiah" is one
- Haydn's "The Creation," for one
- Stravinsky's "Oedipus Rex," for one
- Paul McCartney wrote one about Liverpool
- Musical work
- Bach's "Christmas ___"
Last Seen In
- Daily Quick - August 04, 2026
- Daily Cryptic - May 01, 2026
- Daily Quick - August 03, 2024
- New York Times - May 22, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - April 30, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - June 02, 2023
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - March 27, 2023
- LA Times - October 27, 2022
- Daily Quick - August 03, 2022
- New York Times - December 17, 2021
- Netword - November 04, 2017
- Universal - July 27, 2017
- Evening Standard Easy - May 12, 2017
- Guardian Cryptic - April 26, 2017
- Pat Sajack's Code Letter - March 17, 2017
- Netword - March 08, 2017
- Netword - November 25, 2016
- Universal - November 10, 2016
- Pat Sajack's Code Letter - November 02, 2016
- New York Times - October 01, 2016
- Universal - September 22, 2016
- LA Times Sunday - September 18, 2016
- Chronicle of Higher Education - September 09, 2016
- Netword - August 27, 2016
- Pat Sajack's Code Letter - August 22, 2016
- King Syndicate - Premier Sunday - August 21, 2016
- New York Times - April 20, 2016
- Netword - April 16, 2016
- Pat Sajack's Code Letter - March 17, 2016
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - February 17, 2016
- And in 109 more crossword puzzles...