Antigoné

As he gives concerts ever more rarely, it is an honour to welcome Bonga, one of the first great stars of world music, to Müpa.

Attendind a performance of Messiah is always a thrilling experience, but it is especially so when Handel’s work – which has become a national classic in England – is performed by a dedicated ensemble like the legendary German flagship of the international early-music scene: the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, now with over 44 years of history behind it. The storied chamber orchestra will perform with one of the world’s finest mixed choirs, the RIAS Kammerchor, which also hails from Berlin and was founded in the years immediately following the Second World War.

Attentive readers of Péter Nádas find themselves seeing both the world and themselves differently than they did before – and there is no greater impact any work of art or body of works can achieve.