Watch English Touring Opera's online broadcast of Bach's St John Passion

English Touring Opera’s first broadcast of Bach’s St John Passion, supplemented by 90 video contributions from musicians in lockdown, has proved so popular that the screening time has been extended.
By Gay Bolton
Published 24th Apr 2020, 11:30 BST
Updated 24th Apr 2020, 11:31 BST
St John's Passion. Photo by Andreas Grieger.St John's Passion. Photo by Andreas Grieger.
St John's Passion. Photo by Andreas Grieger.

More than 11,000 people around the world have watched the production which was screened for the first time on Easter Sunday. The footage was taken from a live performance at the Hackney Empire in March 2020 and supplemented by amateur and professional musicians in isolation from Cumbria to Cornwall.

English Touring Opera has agreed permissions with the artists involved to extend the availability of the broadcast until Sunday, May 10.

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The company, which had to cancel 52 dates of its spring tour due to the Covid-19 crisis, is also set to release more digital content in the coming weeks on its YouTube channel. The content will include other performances; interactive insight talks and discussions; skills sharing films made by members of the orchestra, singing lessons for children and adults; and interactive sessions for people with special educational needs. These projects, along with the extended access to the St John Passion broadcast, will allow ETO to stay connected until it can tour again.

To watch the broadcast on YouTube, click here.

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