Utrechter Passion

Johann Sebastian Bach, Thomas HÃft

The Utrechter Passion in nothing more than Johann Sebastian Bach's 'St John Passion' with a new libretto. Instead of the suffering of Christ, the story focuses on the suffering of LGBTQIA+ people, who were discriminated against and murdered, nowadays and in the past. The stories in the new libretto are derived from true historical events, such as the persecution of gay people in Utrecht in 1730 and the tragic life of trans person Anastasius Lagrantinus Rosenstengel who was executed in Halberstadt in 1721.