Matthäus-Passion

In the organizer's words:

The accounts of the suffering, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ in the Gospels are among the foundations of European culture. With "St. Matthew Passion," Bach created a musical ritual for the believing congregation of his time. But what does the Passion mean for a diverse society in which the Christian religion is increasingly losing relevance? What do its central motifs - betrayal, hatred, fear of death, trust, love and forgiveness - mean performed in a secular opera house? How much distance is created? And what kind of community can be experienced in a performance in which the audience and Berlin amateur choirs are also invited to sing along? ... Conductor: Alessandro De Marchi; Director: Benedikt von Peter; With Kieran Carrel, Padraic Rowan, Michael Bachtadze, Artur Garbas, Siobhan Stagg, Annika Schlicht, Joel Allison and others.
The accounts of the passion, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ in the biblical Gospels are among the essential foundations of European culture. Johann Sebastian Bach created a musical ritual for the believing congregation of his time with the composition of the "St. Matthew Passion." After Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy's legendary Berlin "revival" of the score in the 19th century, an intense civic concert tradition also emerged that continues to this day. But what does the Passion mean for a diverse society in which the Christian religion is increasingly losing relevance? What do its central motifs - betrayal, hatred, fear of death, trust, love and forgiveness - mean performed in a secular opera house? How much distance is created? And what community can be experienced in a performance in which the audience and Berlin amateur choirs are also invited to sing along?

In recent years, director Benedikt von Peter has created numerous standard-setting and award-winning productions in which he seeks to transfer the respective "architecture of a piece" to the spaces of the opera houses. In this sense, Benedikt von Peter's production of the "St. Matthew Passion," which Bach had already designed as a double choir, will occupy the entire auditorium and the main stage. Thus, there are also seats for visitors on the stage, and formations of choir and orchestra are placed in the visitors' area. This content has been machine translated.

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There are seats for visitors on the stage, and formations of choir and orchestra are placed in the visitors' area.