The music is strident and dramatic, the chorus serious and profound. From there, the songs continue about love, tavern life, and the sweetness of youth. Orff always intended that Carmina Burana be danced as well as sung, and its first production in Frankfurt in 1937 was staged as ballet. Since then, however, it has been performed mostly in concert, with chorus, such is the power of the music. The Atlanta Ballet's production restores Carmina Burana to Orff's original intent, and does so handsomely, with Nault's sets and choreography, the 100-strong combined choruses of Georgia Tech, the superb Atlanta Ballet Orchestra, and the luxurious costume designs of Judanna Lynn.
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