Bach - St Matthew Passion (Matthäuspassion, Passion selon Saint Matthieu) at the Théâtre des Champs Elysées
Théâtre des Champs Elysées, Paris, Friday April 3 2026.
I hadn't heard a Matthäuspassion since Ton Koopman conducted a performance at the Châtelet over 20 years ago, so I bought tickets for this one, at the Théâtre des Champs Elysées.
Conductor: Thibault Noally. Soprano I: Amandine Sanchez. Soprano II: Apolline Raï-Westphal. Soprano III: Clémence Olivier. Alto I: William Shelton. Alto II: Mathilde Ortscheidt. Alto III: Morgane Boudeville. Tenor I (Evangelist): Valerio Contaldo. Tenor II: David Tricou. Tenor III: Gaël Martin. Baritone (Christ): Alexandre Baldo. Bass I: Sebastian Noack. Bass II: Matthieu Walendzik. Bass III: Jérémie Delvert. Les Ambassadeurs-La Grande Écurie.
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I hadn't heard a Matthäuspassion since Ton Koopman conducted a performance at the Châtelet over 20 years ago, so I bought tickets for this one, at the Théâtre des Champs Elysées.
It was a mistake. If I really wanted a Saint Matthew, I should no doubt have gone the night before to Versailles, where Raphaël Pichon had Julian Prégardien as his Evangelist and Stéphane Degout, no less, as Jesus. But the night before I had Belgian guests to feed.
In the event, all that twaddle about lamb had me thinking of chops, so we left at the interval and ended the evening over rakı and grilled meats chez Eyüp at the Derya, in the Faubourg Saint Denis, the closest thing to a genuine Beyoğlu meyhane, noise and bustle included, Paris has to offer.
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