Sistine Chapel Choir to Perform at Radio City Music Hall

Tickets for the Sistine Chapel Choir's first-ever performance in New York will go on sale to the general public on Friday, April 13 at 10:00AM. The Pope's Choir from Rome will perform during their much-anticipated U.S. National Tour at Radio City Music Hall in New York on Saturday, July 7, 2018 at 7:00PM. Tickets will be available at SistineChapelChoirTour.com.

The angelic voices of the Sistine Chapel Choir have garnered critical acclaim and recognition as they travel and perform around the globe. Through its liturgical music, the Choir communicates a message of peace and closeness among people, even if they are of other faiths or other religious confessions. Choir images and announcement video.

Serving as the Pope's personal choir, today, the 1500-year old Sistine Chapel Choir is the oldest and most respected active choir in the world today. Officially known as the Cappella Musicale Pontificia Sistina, part of the Choir's significance is due to its endurance through several centuries, including the Renaissance, which was a fundamental period for the Choir as it found its "theatre" in the Sistine Chapel.

The choir is comprised of a highly accomplished group of 20 professional singers, chosen from all around the world. The treble section, known as the Pueri Cantores, is made up of 35 boys aged between 9 and 13, who are selected through rigorous auditions. They are known for playing an active part during papal celebrations in St Peter's Basilica and in the Sistine Chapel itself.