Sebastian Kohlhepp

Bohuslav Martinů's Greek Passion, which outlines a serious, very topical problem today, which is the position of refugees in a foreign, often hostile environment, is among the composer's most important works in terms of both ideology and art. The English libretto was based on the novel "Christ Recrucified" (1951) by the Greek writer Nikos Kazantzakis, which takes place in the first decades of the 20th century in the harsh Greek countryside.

Nothing is for forever. And people make mistakes. And yet, letting go is the hardest challenge when you're burning with love for the first time and want nothing more than to hold on to it forever. But can you feel as intensely forever as you did in the beginning? Così fan tutte in Benedict Andrews’s new production deals with the exuberant feelings that drive young love in the rush of hormones. Sometimes it touches the fringes of human relationships, where one threatens to lose oneself in the search for intensity. Thus the two young couples, who think they have already discovered the essence of true love, meet two experienced counterparts in Don Alfonso and Despina. An experiment begins in which the men put the fidelity of their partners to the test by playing a game of disguise. What remains is disillusionment. And the possibility of a painful realization: only freedom and the longing for union are certain. Disappointment and rejection are part of the game – because no love is ideal.

Condemned to wander between earth and heaven, a peri, daughter of a fallen angel and a mortal, embarks on a long journey to the East to earn her entry into paradise... Insula orchestra, conducted by Laurence Equilbey, and Accentus, led by choir director Albert Horne, bring Robert Schumann's romantic oratorio to life.

Johann Sebastian Bach’s *St. John Passion* recounts the trial and death of Jesus through striking musical scenes. The Evangelist guides the narrative, which unfolds through arias, chorales, choral sections, and solo passages. Sequences of great dramatic intensity alternate with calm, meditative passages, highlighting the full complexity of these events.