When death claims his wife on their wedding day, Orpheus must brave the Underworld to rescue her. Can his music move the gods themselves? A classic myth brings together Monteverdi’s powerfully expressive score and a new staging by artist and Olivier Award-winning director William Kentridge.

L'Orfeo

Glyndebourne

When death claims his wife on their wedding day, Orpheus must brave the Underworld to rescue her. Can his music move the gods themselves? A classic myth brings together Monteverdi’s powerfully expressive score and a new staging by artist and Olivier Award-winning director William Kentridge with Jonathan Cohen conducting.

L’Orfeo

Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach in 1727 for the Lutheran office of Holy Week, the Matthäus-Passion (St. Matthew Passion), BWV 244, fell into oblivion after the composer's death. A little over a century later, Felix Mendelssohn resurrected it and performed it in concert in Berlin on March 11, 1829, returning to humanity that immense Bachian masterpiece that is today considered a musical icon of religious confession. The Matthäus-Passion is striking both for its colossal architecture (which includes soloists, a double choir and a double orchestra) and for the expressive power of the musical language.

Matthäus-Passion

Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Theatre

Favola in Musica in prologue and five acts by Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)
Libretto by Alessandro Striggio

Krystian Adam

Events

Past events

23 - 25 Jul, 2026

L'Orfeo · Glyndebourne

18 - 25 Jul, 2026

L’Orfeo · Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

Future and recently performed repertoire

Singer in St. Matthew Passion by Bach

Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

Orfeo in L'Orfeo by Monteverdi

Glyndebourne

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