Description
For a large part of his life, Bach worked as a church musician. Although he did not compose operas, his work does have a lot of dramatic power. What if he had written an opera? This thought inspired the Netherlands Bach Society and OPERA2DAY to create J.S. Bach – The Apocalypse. In this video, stage director Serge van Veggel shares more about the background of the opera.
The Apocalypse was created in honour of the 100th anniversary of the Netherlands Bach Society in the 2021-2022 season. Unfortunately, after the premiere, the tour had to be cancelled due to COVID-19. In 2024, the production finally went on tour in the Netherlands and Germany, with performances at the Bachfest Münster and Bachfest Leipzig, among others.
Recorded for the project All of Bach in January and February 2024 at Het Nationale Theater The Hague. If you want to help us complete All of Bach, please subscribe to our channel https://bit.ly/2vhCeFB and consider donating https://bit.ly/3J5uprM.
For more information about our production in 2024 go to https://www.bachvereniging.nl/en/the-apocalypse
All of Bach is a project of the Netherlands Bach Society, with the aim to perform and record all of Bach's works and share them online with the world for free. Visit our online treasury for more videos and background material on https://www.bachvereniging.nl/en/allofbach. For concert dates and tickets go to https://www.bachvereniging.nl/en/concerts.
Serge van Veggel, concept and director of the opera
Onno van Ameijde, editing
Nander Cirkel & Philip Ruitenberg, footage
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