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Hall's theatrical and arts-journalism roots sprouted from being around her father, a professional drama critic who often brought her along to see the shows he was covering for the Philadelphia Bulletin. This has been an exciting new medium for me, with my love of storytelling and roots in the theater." I could see on Broadway or as an animated film, but it is done in the recitative/aria style of opera. "Barbara has written some gorgeous melodies. "We laughingly call it a 'popera' because of the tunefulness of the melodies," says Hall, herself an Ars Choralis member, who collaborated on the production's music with the group's conductor and artistic director, Barbara Pickhardt. And now she's rechanneled her golden gift for words to become a librettist, composing the lines for "Miracle in Bethlehem," a modern opera based on the story of the birth of Jesus Christ that will be performed this month by the venerated voices of area choral group Ars Choralis. Before she struck platinum pay dirt as the lyricist of such million-selling hits as "Still the One" and "Dance with Me" for her ex-husband John Hall's band Orleans, "Pearl" for Janis Joplin, and "Good Enough" for Bonnie Raitt, the Woodstock singer-songwriter wrote a music column for the Village Voice and contributed regularly to top rock publications like the late, great Crawdaddy!. The pen of Johanna Hall truly knows no bounds. Johanna Hall and Barbara Pickhardt's "Miracle in Bethlehem" will be performed in Woodstock this month.
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