Joseph Haydn – The Creation - Thursday
How can we imagine chaos when before the creation of the world there was neither heaven nor earth? And how does director Matěj Forman imagine it? Joseph Haydn was unique in how perfectly he grasped the whole biblical theme: the archangels whirl through the heavens, Adam and Eve contemplate the apple, the choir thunders, the chief conductor Tomáš Netopil tames the elements...
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How can we imagine chaos when before the creation of the world there was neither heaven nor earth? And how does director Matěj Forman imagine it? Joseph Haydn was unique in how perfectly he grasped the whole biblical theme: the archangels whirl through the heavens, Adam and Eve contemplate the apple, the choir thunders, the chief conductor Tomáš Netopil tames the elements...
Program
Stage performance
Joseph Haydn
The Creation (Die Schöpfung), Oratorio Hob. XXI:2
Performers
Lada Bočková | Gabriel
Ondřej Holub | Uriel
Pavel Švingr | Raphael
Markéta Klaudová | Eve
Lukáš Bařák | Adam
Matěj Forman | stage director
Czech Philharmonic Choir of Brno
Prague Symphony Orchestra
Tomáš Netopil | conductor
