Opera of the week – Haydn’s hit of a Missa
OperaUPDATE: Due to circumstances beyond our control, OperaVision is sorry to inform you that the stream of Missa in tempore belli cannot go ahead as planned tonight at 19:00.
This week’s Slippedisc from Operavision is….
Opera of the week, on Thursday – Haydn’s Missa in Tempore Belli
In an unusual twist, Dutch National Opera presents the Missa in a fully staged version, courtesy of OperaVision. Their modern interpretation reveals the flip side of the unshakeable faith that runs through every note of Haydn’s mass. What emerges is the portrait of people who suffer under the heavy burden of a new-minded ideology. Taking Haydn’s ‘Mass in time of war’ as its centrepiece, this special performance under the baton of the DNO’s new chief conductor Lorenzo Viotti combines music theatre, dance, electronic composition and video. Choreographer Juanjo Arqués’ nine dancers give physical expression to the contrasts central to director Barbora Horáková’s vision, while electronic composer Janiv Oron counterbalances Haydn’s religious music with live sound effects.
Photosensitive warning: this video contains flashes of light that could trigger seizures for people with visual sensitivities.
Available on Thursday 30 September 2021 at 19.00 CET, 18.00 London 13.00 NY until 30 December 2021
Click below to hear chief conductor Lorenzo Viotti talking about the production:
Thanks for that. Your article caused me to listen to Haydn’s Missa in tempore belli, but not that one, a proper one.
Very naive. But correctly following the Zeitgeist.
Most of what young Viotti says in the video is questionable. Haydn „revolutionized“ the Mass? “Liberator of this very conformist, heavy, religious music”.
How many masses before 1796 does he actually know? Bach, Zelenka, Mozart etc. etc.
Try the Gloria from Bach B minor for the beginning, and try not to dance…