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Celebrate the most festive days of the year with the Residentie Orkest's brand-new tradition. Each year, we select one of The Hague's exceptional choirs for our Christmas performance of Handel's Messiah. This year, we're partnering with the Royal Choir Excelsior, active since 1881. They'll bring to life the story of Christ's birth, suffering, death and resurrection: comforting, jubilant, moving and - during the famous Hallelujah - cathartic.

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Handel's Messiah

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A special evening awaits you at the Vienna Konzerthaus: We'll begin with a look behind the scenes and into the organizational structures of one of Europe's leading concert halls. Following this, a champagne reception in the Wotruba Salon invites you to exchange ideas, accompanied by a brief introduction to the concert program.

reConnect mw: Behind the scenes at the Vienna Konzerthaus

Wiener Konzerthaus

Based on the ancient tragedy Oedipus Tyrannus by Sophocles, Igor Stravinsky created an impressive opera-oratorio in the 1920s. It was Stravinsky's idea to set the Oedipus story to music as a Latin text with a ritualistic feel. His librettist, the famous French playwright Jean Cocteau, accepted his friend's experiment and, together with the composer, wrote the translation for the vocal text as well as the narrator's French text. The first concert performance, which was not particularly well received, took place under Stravinsky's direction on May 30, 1927, at the Théâtre Sarah-Bernhardt in Paris, which was also the venue for Serge Diaghilev's Ballets Russes and was closely associated with Stravinsky through his ballets ( L'Oiseau de feu , 1910; Le Sacre du printemps, 1913). Since its 1928 stage production in Berlin under Otto Klemperer in the style of New Objectivity, Oedipus Rex has been considered Stravinsky's most monumental work of his neoclassical creative phase.

Oedipus Rex — Vienna Philharmonic · Salonen

Great Festival House

A new staging of Rameau’s Les Indes galantes combines exquisite 18th century music with the expressive potency of contemporary street dance styles in a one-of-a-kind exploration of identity, culture and expression. Co-conceived by director-choreographer and French hip hop pioneer Bintou Dembélé and conductor Leonardo García-Alarcón, the performance features their respective ensembles: the dancers of Structure Rualité, Namur Chamber Choir, and period orchestra Cappella Mediterranea, all making their UK opera debuts. Cappella Mediterranea is one of the most in-demand period ensembles in the world, having recently completed a Monteverdi cycle for the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, as well as engagements at the Opéra national de Paris, Salzburg Easter Festival, La Monnaie (Brussels), and Staatsoper Unter den Linden (Berlin). The production will also feature leading Baroque soloists Gwendoline Blondeel, Ana Quintans, Antonin Rondepierre and Andreas Wolf.

One of the most beautiful baroque opera-ballets ever composed, this is a rare chance to see Rameau’s musical masterpiece, in a carefully crafted new version which will also be performed at Teatro Real (Madrid) and Teatro alla Scala (Milan) among others. Be prepared to be swept away by powerful storytelling as this ornate period score fuses with the emotive physicality of street dance and hip hop styles, with electrifying and deeply moving results.

Tenor

Antonin Rondepierre

Events

Upcoming events

Jan 25, 2026

Cadmus and Hermione · Les Talens Lyriques

Past events

Dec 20, 2025

Handel's Messiah · Residentie Orkest Den Haag

Oct 19, 2025

reConnect mw: Behind the scenes at the Vienna Konzerthaus · University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna

Future and recently performed repertoire

Shepherd in Oedipus Rex by Stravinsky

Salzburger Festspiele

Singer in Les Indes galantes by Rameau

The Grange Festival

the First Thyrian Prince, the Sun in Cadmus and Hermione by Lully

Les Talens Lyriques

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