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  • St. John's Passion: Ballet Leipzig, © Photo: Ida Zenna
    St. John's Passion: Ballet Leipzig, © Photo: Ida Zenna
  • St. John's Passion: Ballet Leipzig, © Photo: Ida Zenna
    St. John's Passion: Ballet Leipzig, © Photo: Ida Zenna
  • St. John's Passion: Ballet Leipzig, © Photo: Ida Zenna
    St. John's Passion: Ballet Leipzig, © Photo: Ida Zenna
  • St. John's Passion: Ballet Leipzig, © Photo: Ida Zenna
    St. John's Passion: Ballet Leipzig, © Photo: Ida Zenna
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    Oper Leipzig, © Photo: Kirsten Nijhof

St. John's Passion: Ballet Leipzig

About the Event

Experience Bach's famous oratorio in a unique way. Choreographer Mario Schröder brings Bach's monumental work to life on the stage of the Oper Leipzig with the ballet corps of the opera.

Bach's St. John's Passion is one of the most important oratorios. It relates the last days of Jesus through texts from the Gospel of John to which artful arias and choirs are added.

Cast / Production

Sopran / Ancilla — Magdalena Hinterdobler
Sopran / Ancilla — Olena Tokar
Alt Marie — Henriette Reinhold
Evangelist — Martin Petzold
Jesus — Philipp Jekal
Bass / Petrus / Pilatus — Sejong Chang
Tenor / Servus — Matthias Stier

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