Organization

Singer

Spoken

Michael Spyres

The Narrator

Conductor

John Eliot Gardiner

Soprano

Ann Hallenberg

Mary

Baritone

Lionel Lhote

Saint-Joseph

Bass

William Thomas

Hérode

Alex Ashworth

Polydorus

Father

Tenor

Gareth Treseder

Un centurion

Orchestra

Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique

Others

Monteverdi Choir

Trinity Boys Choir

Monteverdi Choir & Orchestras

French

L'enfance du Christ -  (The Childhood of Christ)

Barcelona

Spain

Palau de la Música Catalana

London

United Kingdom

St Martin-in-the-Fields

Ely Cathedral

Zurich

Switzerland

Tonhalle Zürich

L'enfance du Christ Berlioz

Public

The Childhood of Christ

Approved

In November, the Monteverdi Choir joined the Tonhalle Orchestra in Zürich as John Eliot Gardiner led them in two performances of Berlioz’s sacred oratorio. Then in December, the Choir reunited with the Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique for two concerts in the UK - the first in the magnificent Ely Cathedral, and the second in London’s historic church, St Martin-in-the-Fields.

The concert at St Martin’s marked the beginning of our new artistic partnership with the central London church, and received glowing reviews in the press:

“The period instrumentalists of the Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique excelled… And the Monteverdi Choir captured not only the spitting hatred of the soothsayers but also the hushed reverence of the shepherds — their “farewell” including one breathtaking crescendo that will echo in my mind well past the 12 days of Christmas.”

English

The Childhood of Christ by Berlioz, From (2021/2021), Conductor John Eliot Gardiner, Tonhalle Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Cast

Ensemble

Co-Producer

Program, About & Synopsis

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Further reading

Performance Dates & Venues

Venues