Jesus (bass)

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Jesus (bass) is the baritone or bass vocal role portraying Christ in Johann Sebastian Bach’s St Matthew Passion.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Jesus (bass) canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf musical character
oratorio role
vocal role
accompanimentCharacteristic often accompanied by strings and continuo
appearsIn St Matthew Passion
appearsInWorkBy Johann Sebastian Bach
associatedDenomination Lutheranism
associatedReligion Christianity
associatedWithLiturgicalOccasion Good Friday
Holy Week
characterType biblical figure
sacred character
composer Johann Sebastian Bach
firstPerformancePlaceOfWork Leipzig
firstPerformanceYearOfWork 1727
hasMusicalNumberType accompanied recitative
arioso
recitative
historicalPeriodOfWork Baroque
languageOfWork German
name Jesús
surface form: Jesus
performanceContext concert performance
liturgical performance
portrays Jesus Christ
requiresSkill clear German diction
dramatic interpretation of sacred text
expressive legato singing
roleDesignationInScore Jesus
roleFunction conveys theological themes of suffering and redemption
represents the words of Christ
roleInWork central sacred figure
dramatic role
roleOpposedTo Evangelist (tenor)
Peter (bass or baritone)
Pilate (bass)
textSource Gospel narrative
libretto of the St Matthew Passion
typicalPerformer classically trained baritone singer
classically trained bass singer
vocalRangeCategory low male voice
voiceType baritone
bass
workCatalogueNumber BWV 244
workForm oratorio
workGenre Passion
workTitleInGerman Matthäus-Passion

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

St Matthew Passion vocalSoloistRole Jesus (bass)
BWV 244 characterRole Jesus (bass)