
When Johann Sebastian Bach’s Passion first premiered in Leipzig in 1724, the composer’s revolutionary approach caused a sensation. An Evangelist narrates the story of Christ, while singers incarnate the most significant moments of his Passion and a choir interprets the chorales, embodying the crowd. Known for her radical aesthetic choices and powerful gestures, Sasha Waltz takes on this extraordinary music where fervour cohabits with an extraordinary theatricality to recount Christ’s final sufferings.
Video recording available on ARTE.tv

Johann Sebastian Bach
St John Passion
stage version
An Opéra de Dijon‘s production
Coproduction Sasha Waltz & Guests, Théâtre des Champs-Élysées
Costumes made by the workshops of the Opéra de Dijon and of Manja Beneke
Ensemble Cappella Mediterranea
Chœur de chambre de Namur
Chœur de l’Opéra de Dijon
Sasha Waltz & Guests
Sasha Waltz, Staging and choreography
Bernd Skodzig, Costumes
Heike Schuppelius, Set
David Finn, Lighting
Sophie Junker,soprano
Georg Nigl, baritone – Pilatus
Christian Immler, bass baritone – Jesus
Benno Schachtner, counter tenor
Valerio Contaldo, tenor – Evangelist
Mark Milhofer, tenor
Artists from the Chœur de chambre de Namur, Peter/Pilate/Pilate’s wife

