Singer

The richest man in Vienna has commissioned an evening’s entertainment. But when a tragic opera and a comedy troupe are forced to share the same stage, all bets are off. Strauss’ opera-within-an-opera is part farce, part dream-like fantasy, set to one of his most luscious scores.

Ariadne auf Naxos

Glyndebourne

Inspired by hearing Handel in London – and with the parting gift of a libretto intended for that composer – Haydn was inspired to write his most ambitious work to date. From ‘chaos’, where classical harmonic logic is repeatedly contradicted, it moves on to the most famous C major chord in music on “Let There Be Light”.

The biblical days of creation are then depicted in a sequence of solos, each ‘day’ ending with a powerful chorus, culminating in the arrival in Eden of a pre-lapsarian Adam and Eve.

Haydn: The Creation

Cadogan Hall

EPSG:4326

Sir Simon Rattle & BRSO Academy

Munich Residence

The Creation

El retablo de maese Pedro

Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

Baritone

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Events

Upcoming events

Jul 22 - Aug 29, 2026

Ariadne auf Naxos · Glyndebourne

May 2, 2027

Sir Simon Rattle & BRSO Academy · Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

Past events

Jul 22 - Aug 29, 2026

Ariadne auf Naxos · Glyndebourne

14 - 15 Jul, 2026

Haydn: The Creation · Cadogan Hall

Future and recently performed repertoire

Wigmaker in Ariadne auf Naxos by Strauss

Glyndebourne

Singer in The Creation by Haydn

Cadogan Hall

Don Quijote in El retablo de maese Pedro by Falla

Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

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