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A great journey into the inner human being: This is Johann Sebastian Bach's St. Matthew Passion , perhaps the most significant religious musical work of the 18th century, which can still touch us today as it did 300 years ago: with its story of faith and doubt, of loyalty and betrayal, of hope and despair. In contrast to its dramatic sister, the St. John Passion , the focus of the St. Matthew Passion is on the inner journey that we all take when we relive and experience the suffering of Jesus Christ. And the St. Matthew Passion is not just a work for believers, for those connected to the Christian religion, but it also questions our values, our relationship to life and death, to this world and the next. The scope and instrumentation are larger, more powerful than in the St. John Passion : two choirs and two orchestras are contrasted, symbolizing the earthly and the divine spheres.

St. Matthew Passion

Beethoven Hall

Fear of death - a bad advisor since time immemorial: King Idomeneo, whose fleet sinks into the waters of Crete shortly before returning home from the Trojan War, swears to the sea god Poseidon that if he survives, he will sacrifice the first human being he meets on the shore. But as fate – or rather the theater – would have it, this is of course his own son Idamante. To make matters worse, he has fallen in love with a Trojan prisoner, Ilia, which infuriates the Greek princess Elettra. Idomeneo, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s perfect "drama for music", is one of a series of Greek war dramas retold according to the taste of the 18th century.

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Idomeneo

The Staatstheater Stuttgart

Conductor and harpsichordist Christophe Rousset and his period ensemble Les Talens Lyriques make their Festival debuts in concert performances of Mozart's late masterpiece, featuring Jeremy Ovenden as Tito.

Virtuosic singing, refined period style, and dramatic intensity converge in this sublime opera, performed by renowned soloists and musicians.

Tenor

Jeremy Ovenden

Events

Upcoming events

9 - 10 Jun, 2026

La Clemenza di Tito · The Grange Festival

Past events

Apr 3, 2026

St. Matthew Passion · Beethoven Orchester Bonn

Nov 24 - Dec 27, 2024

Idomeneo · Staatsoper Stuttgart

Future and recently performed repertoire

Tito in La clemenza di Tito by Mozart

The Grange Festival

Idomeneo in Idomeneus by Mozart

Staatsoper Stuttgart

Singer in St. Matthew Passion BWV 244 by Bach

Beethoven Orchester Bonn

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