Monteverdi Choir – Rossini’s Petite Messe Solennelle

Join us this autumn at Alexandra Palace Theatre as the Monteverdi Choir & Orchestras continue their groundbreaking exploration of Rossini on period instruments, culminating in the crowning achievement of the composer’s final creative years: the Petite messe solennelle.The Monteverdi Choir’s versatility from 17th-century sacred music to 19th-century opera make it the ideal vehicle for this choral showpiece, while the Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique will draw on its deep experience of French Romantic repertoire to recreate the sound world of Rossini’s Paris. Together, with a cast of exceptional soloists and led by Rossini specialist Jakob Lehmann, they will illuminate a work poised between devotion and drama, liturgy and theatre.