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Christine Baranski Narrates `A Christmas Carol' Before Returning for New `The Gilded Age' Season

Christine Baranski narrated a condensed A Christmas Carol at The Morgan Library & Museum last December, and a recording made last June at the Church of the Redeemer in Chestnut Hill was released Dec. 4 on LSO Live.
Matthew Guard, artistic director, shortened Charles Dickens's original manuscript to about 5,000 for concert length, trimming to avoid a "Wagnerian-length" evening.
Preparation included dialect coaching and Zoom rehearsals, where Matthew Guard commissioned Benedict Sheehan to compose choral underscoring with 10 carols for the Skylark Vocal Ensemble.
She will perform again on Thursday night at The Morgan Library & Museum, which displays the manuscript through Jan. 11, and the following night at The Breakers, Newport, Rhode Island, with hopes to make it an annual Morgan event.
Baranski brings award-winning stage and screen experience and recent Carnegie Hall narration work, having replaced Liev Schreiber with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra in 2023 and met Matthew Guard years ago.

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