An astonishing Napoleon re-entering history

Von David Pinedo, 18 Juni 2014

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Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Ziggo Dome, Amsterdam, am 15 Juni 2014

Davis, Napoléon

Het Gelders Orkest

Carl Davis, Musikalische Leitung

Dutch Reisopera’s winning A Little Night Music

Nicolas Nguyen, 26th March

Programming Stephen Sondheim’s A Little Night Music is quite a daring move in a country with no real tradition in musical. This production by Nederlands Reisopera shows that fortune favours the bold.

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Reisopera's Così fan tutte: cast shine in an uninspired staging

Nicolas Nguyen, 12th February

In the Nederlandse Reisopera's Così fan tutte, the team of young soloists and the Orkest van het Oosten conducted by Arnaud Oosterbaum give a musically rewarding performance that compensates for an unconvincing stage direction.

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Bold music-making in Reisopera’s austere Butterfly

Jenny Camilleri, 19th September

Annemarie Kremer is a strong-willed, dramatically voiced Butterfly in Laurence Dale’s sensitive production.

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Eva-Maria Westbroek brings alpha star glamour to Dutch opera gala

Jenny Camilleri, 22nd May

Eva-Maria Westbroek as Sieglinde was the high point at an opera gala in support of young singers at the Concertgebouw.

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Juan Diego Flórez and Pretty Yende wow Amsterdam

Nicolas Nguyen, 19th May

In a somewhat long-overdue debut at the Concertgebouw, bel canto royalty Juan Diego Flórez and rising star Pretty Yende wowed the Amsterdam public with a generous programme of bel canto music.

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Dvořák 1-0 Football: the Gelders Orchestra scores at the Concertgebouw

Sanne Thierens, 13th June

While people gathered near big screens at the Museum Square to see the Dutch football team play, metres along the road another crowd gathered to hear the Gelders Orchestra play Dvořák's Cello Concerto and Ninth Symphony.

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