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.
Peter Sellars
Director
Mark Padmore
Evangelist
Magdalena Kožená
Topi Lehtipuu
Camilla Tilling
Christian Gerhaher
Christ
Thomas Quasthoff
Simon Rattle
Berlin Philharmonic
Chariots of Fire68%
The Testament of Ann Lee63%
The Eyes of Tammy Faye64%
The Shack75%
Overcomer76%
Prayers for Bobby80%
Bohemian Rhapsody79%
Jesus75%
August Rush74%
Luther64%
I'm Not Ashamed71%
Praise This72%
The King of Kings82%
Amazing Grace69%
Jesus69%
Journey 2: The Mysterious Island61%
Prey59%
Lord of the Flies66%
Machine Gun Preacher67%
Breakthrough76%
