Missa in tempore belli Dutch National Opera

Haydns Missa in tempore belli is also known as the Paukenmesse kettledrum mass because of its dramatic use of timpani Responding to the works innate theatricality Dutch National Opera presents the mass in a fullystaged performance Director Barbora Horáková reveals the flipside of the unfaltering faith that runs throughout Haydns music poignantly portraying individuals who suffer under the heavy burden of a narrowminded ideology