Handel's Messiah

Name: Handel's Messiah
Start: 2026-12-13T14:00:00+01:00
End: 2026-12-13T16:00:00+01:00
Location: Viborg Domkirke

Sun, 13 Dec 2026 · 14:00 — 16:00

Viborg Domkirke, Viborg · 50–250 kr. · ≈ 7–33 €

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Handel's Messiah · Viborg Domkirke, Viborg

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Handel's Messiah - Christmas concert: Sunday 13 December 2026, 14:00–16:00, Viborg Domkirke, Viborg. Tickets cost 50–250 kr.

Mogens Dahl's Chamber Choir and the London Baroque ensemble The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment return to Viborg Cathedral with Handel's "Messiah" - one of the most beloved Christmas concerts in the classical canon.

Soloists are Elsa Benoit (soprano), Cecilia Hall (alto), Robin Tritschler (tenor) and Domenic Barberi (bass), with Mogens Dahl conducting.

About: Mogens Dahl

Mogens Dahl is the driving force behind both the Chamber Choir and the Concert Hall on Islands Brygge - two institutions that have put Nordic vocal and chamber music on the international map since 2005. His conducting work ranges from world premieres by Scandinavian composers to the long-running Messiah concerts at Holmens Kirke with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment.

2005

Year of establishment for the Chamber Choir and Concert Hall

Professional singers in the choir's pool

Singers selected per concert

What's new

2026
Mogens Dahl Kammerkor celebrates in 2026 the 20th anniversary of the founding of the Chamber Choir and Concert Hall with a special autumn season that includes, among other things, the world premiere of a new choral work by Composer in Residence Per Gunnar Petersson.
2026
The Swedish composer Per Gunnar Petersson is currently Composer in Residence at Mogens Dahl Kammerkor and has written several new works for the choir.
2026-10
Mogens Dahl Kammerkor performs 'The Universe of the Nordic Mind' in Holmens Kirke on 15 October 2026, with the Danish premiere of Missy Mazzoli's 'Year of our Burning'.

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Tracks

G.F. Händel: MessiasKorets signature work, performed annually in Holmens Kirke with Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

Sven-David Sandström: Nordic MassWorld premiere by Mogens Dahl Kammerkor at the Bergen Festival 2014, released on cd

Sven-David Sandström: The Passion of St. JohnWorld premiere at Konzerthaus Berlin 2016, available on cd

Missy Mazzoli: Year of our BurningCommissioned work from Bergen International Festival, Danish premiere 2026

Per Nørgård: AftonlandPermanent part of the choir's Nordic repertoire

About: The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

Playing on instruments of the era, the OAE has set the benchmark for historically informed performance in Britain since 1986. With no permanent chief conductor, the musicians choose their own collaborators - from Sir Simon Rattle to András Schiff - and the repertoire stretches from Monteverdi to Mahler.

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What's new

2026-06
Arcana.fm celebrated OAE's 40th anniversary with a special playlist from the orchestra's discography, spanning from Rameau and Handel to Brahms and Mahler.
2025-26
The 2025-26 season marked OAE's 40th anniversary with a series of international touring projects.
2026-01
OAE performed Fanny Mendelssohn's Das Jahr alongside four newly composed works for an 1840s-period instrument orchestra by contemporary composers, including Roxanna Panufnik and Errollyn Wallen.

Tour

LondonBasingstokeBrightonTetburyWimbledon

Tracks

Bach: St John PassionFully performed and available for free on OAE's digital channels

Brahms: Klaverkoncerter nr. 1 & 2 (m. András Schiff, ECM 2021)Recorded for ECM Records with András Schiff, 2021

Beethoven: Klaverkoncerter (m. András Schiff)Available via Marquee TV as a filmed live performance

Mendelssohn: Elijah (m. Bryn Terfel)One of the orchestra's most well-known choral recordings

Bach, the Universe and EverythingOngoing concert series at Kings Place, London

About: Elsa Benoit

French soprano Elsa Benoit moves between Handel, Rameau, Mahler and Poulenc with equal ease, appearing regularly at leading European opera houses and concert halls. Since turning freelance in 2021, she has worked with orchestras from the Berliner Philharmoniker to the Orchestre de Paris under conductors such as Emmanuelle Haïm and Klaus Mäkelä.

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registered performances on Operabase

upcoming performances on Operabase (as of June 2025)

What's new

2026-01
Elsa Benoit made her debut in the title role in Handel's Semele at Dutch National Opera in Amsterdam, directed by Claus Guth and conducted by Emmanuelle Haïm.
2025-2026
In the 2025/26 season, Benoit also sings the title role in Rameau's Scylla et Glaucus at Zurich Opera House and Morgana in Handel's Alcina at Bavarian State Opera.
2025-10
Benoit toured with Haydn's The Seasons with Finnish Baroque Orchestra to Helsinki, Bern and Zurich in October 2025.

Tour

AmsterdamZürichBucharestHelsinkiBernLyonParis

Tracks

Händel: Agrippina (Poppea)Recorded for Warner Classics 2019, Grammy-nominated for best opera recording

Rameau: Les Indes galantes (Émilie)Recorded with Bayerische Staatsoper for BelAir Classiques

Rameau: Hippolyte et Aricie (Aricie)Recorded at Opéra Comique for Naxos

Poulenc: GloriaRecorded with Dresden Philharmonic for Berlin Classics

Mahler: Symfoni nr. 4Performed with Berliner Philharmoniker under Robin Ticciati

About: Robin Tritschler

Trained at London's Royal Academy of Music, Irish tenor Robin Tritschler ranks among the most versatile classical singers on the international circuit. His clear, lyrical voice has taken him to stages from Wigmore Hall to the Concertgebouw, working alongside the world's leading orchestras and conductors.

upcoming performances registered on Operabase (2026)

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BBC Music Magazine review for Songs for Peter Pears

What's new

2026-11
Tritschler performs as soloist in Elgar's The Dream of Gerontius with Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra under Cristian Măcelaru on 5-6 November 2026.
2026-06
In the 2026/27 season, Tritschler sings Handel's Messiah with Mogens Dahl Chamber Choir and Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment in Copenhagen and Viborg.
2026-06
Oxford Song updated in June 2026 Tritschler's profile with a long list of upcoming engagements, including Britten's St Nicolas with Royal Stockholm Philharmonic and Schubert's Mass in E-flat with Scottish Chamber Orchestra.

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Songs for Peter PearsAlbum with Malcolm Martineau, Signum Classics 2024 - on classical bestseller lists in summer 2024

No Exceptions, No ExemptionsCritically acclaimed album with songs from World War I, Signum Records

Mozart: Requiem (live)Live recording with Le Concert Spirituel under Hervé Niquet, Alpha Classics

The Renaissance AlbumDebut album from 2011 with Renaissance songs by Rosseter and Dowland

Brahms: The Complete Songs, Vol. 9Contribution to Hyperion's complete Brahms song edition

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