Bach: St. Matthew Passion

The story

Sir Simon Rattle was in no doubt: the performance of the St Matthew Passion which he realised together with the Berliner Philharmoniker and the Rundfunkchor Berlin in 2010 was for him “the single most important thing we ever did here”. Critics around the world agreed. They praised the semi-staged “ritualization” by American star-director Peter Sellars, as well as the outstanding musical performances by the soloists, including Magdalena Kožená, Christian Gerhaher, Thomas Quasthoff and Mark Padmore as the Evangelist.

Cast & crew

Mark PadmoreEvangelist

Magdalena KoženáCast

Topi LehtipuuCast

Camilla TillingCast

Christian GerhaherChrist

Thomas Quasthoff

Thomas QuasthoffCast

Simon RattleCast

Berlin PhilharmonicCast