Singer

The tragedy begins with the first note. Above a pounding bass and restlessly driving strings, oboes and flutes spiral upward in painful dissonances. It is music as if a tormented soul were writhing in its agony. When the choir joins in at the climax of this monumental build-up, it sounds like a scream that is both suffering and redemption. Johann Sebastian Bach's St. John Passion: a stroke of genius whose harsh drama still thrills and moves us today.

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St. John Passion

Cologne Philharmonie

After 15 years, a Baroque opera is returning to the National Theatre repertoire, and after a full quarter-century the National Theatre staged a work by Jean-Philippe Rameau, the guru of 18th-century French opera: the globally renowned comédie lyrique Platée, which, however, has never before been performed in the entire history of the National Theatre and the State Opera, and its predecessor, the Neues deutsches Theater.

Soprano

Shira Patchornik

Events

Upcoming events

Mar 7, 2027

Platée · Národní divadlo

Past events

Apr 3, 2026

St. John Passion · Gürzenich-Orchester Köln

Future and recently performed repertoire

Madness in Platée by Rameau

Národní divadlo

Thalie in Platée by Rameau

Národní divadlo

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