Joseph Haydn – The Creation - Wednesday

ABOUT THE CONCERT

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 

Petr Nekoranec | 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