Bach's St. Matthew Passion is one of the most powerful and moving expressions of Christ's passion story.

Falstaff, known from Shakespeare and from Verdi’s eponymous opera, appears in Salieri’s and René Jacobs' hands in a lighter guise, where play and cunning take centre stage.

Lying in the dark, somewhere between wakefulness and half-sleep, your bearings grow hazy and your senses become heightened: let the music carry you away into the night.