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Gioachino Rossini is famous above all for his operas—from "The Barber of Seville" to "William Tell" to "Cenerentola." However, the Italian composer declared his extremely successful operatic career over when he was barely 40 years old. Numerous short works followed, and, as a kind of crowning achievement, the "Petite messe solennelle." Thomas Hengelbrock and the Balthasar Neumann Ensembles, equally outstanding in opera and sacred music, are the perfect cast for this setting of the mass, which the composer, with typical self-irony, describes as "small."

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Rossini: Little Solemn Mass / Thomas Hengelbrock

Elbphilharmonie Hamburg

The ensemble Il Caravaggio, founded by harpsichordist and conductor Camille Delaforge, celebrates its tenth anniversary this year. With its fresh, vivid interpretations, it has established itself as one of the leading ensembles on the early music scene. Its programme Witch brings together highly dramatic Baroque cantatas: Henry Purcell’s cantata In guilty night, in which King Saul encounters the Witch of Endor; Giovanni Battista Ferrandini’s moving lament Il pianto di Maria and Marc-Antoine Charpentier’s powerful Le Reniement de Saint-Pierre. The concert concludes with Purcell’s hymn-like celebration of music.

Bass-baritone

Guilhem Worms

Events

Upcoming events

Mar 21, 2027

Originalklang Il Caravaggio and Camille Delaforge · Berliner Philharmoniker

Past events

Oct 14, 2025

Rossini: Little Solemn Mass / Thomas Hengelbrock · Elbphilharmonie

Future and recently performed repertoire

Singer in Celestial Music Did the Gods Inspire by Purcell

Berliner Philharmoniker

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