Organization

Singer

Bass

István Kovács

Jesus

Tenor

Zoltán Megyesi

Evangelist

István Horváth

Marcell Bakonyi

Contralto

Atala Schöck

Mezzo-soprano

Video designer

Antonin Krizsanics

Tibor Nagy

Conductor

Gábor Csiki

Soprano

Zita Szemere

Miklós Gerdelics

Set designer

Balázs Fekti

Costume designer

Stage director

Géza M Tóth

Chorus master

Nikolett Hajzer

Hungarian State Opera

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Choir of the Hungarian State Opera

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Hungarian State Opera Orchestra

German

Matthäus Passion, BWV 244 -  (St. Matthew Passion)

Budapest

Hungary

Hungarian State Opera House

Matthäus-Passion Bach,JS

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St. Matthew Passion

Hungarian

English

Approved

The Saint Matthew Passion is Bach's greatest work, one which constitutes an unsurpassable pinnacle not only of Protestant church music, but in the universal history of music. Forgotten after Bach's death, the work was played in Berlin on 11 March 1829, a century after its original performance, with Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy conducting. The composer and conductor adapted the work to Romantic tastes in music performance, shortened it by a third, and employed an enormous (158-person) chorus and an orchestra scaled to match it. The resounding success resulted in a repeat performance on March 21, Bach's birthday, which became a significant social event: present were both the court and the crème de la crème of the contemporary German intelligentsia. This launched the Bach renaissance, and in a wider sense, the general practice of resurrecting earlier music.

St. Matthew Passion by Bach, J. S., From (2023/2023), Directed by Géza M Tóth,, Conductor Gábor Csiki, Hungarian State Opera House, Budapest, Hungary

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