Name: Matthäus Passion, BWV 244
Start: 2024-03-28
End: 2024-03-28
Location: Hungarian State Opera House

Organization

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Conductor

Adám Medveczky

Stage director

Géza M Tóth

Chorus master

Gábor Csiki

Singer

Bass

Lóránt Najbauer

Jesus

Tenor

Zoltán Megyesi

Evangelist

Soprano

Gabriella Létay Kiss

Gyula Rab

István Kovács

Hungarian State Opera

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Choir of the Hungarian State Opera

Contralto

Anna Csenge Fürjes

Mezzo-soprano

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

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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., Thu 28 Mar 2024, From (2024/2024), Directed by Géza M Tóth,, Conductor Adám Medveczky, Hungarian State Opera House, Budapest, Hungary

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