Descent into hell: Opera Zuid's madcap Orpheus in the Underworld

Francis van Broekhuizen (Junon) and Roger Smeets (Jupiter)

Mathys Lagier (Orphée) and Amel Brahim-Djelloul (Eurydice)

Opera Zuid's Orphée aux enfers

Mark Omvlee (Pluton)

Opera Zuid's Orphée aux enfers

Von Eleanor Knight, 15 Juni 2023

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“Amel Brahim-Djelloul’s perky Eurydice has buckets of pastoral charm”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Stadsschouwburg, Utrecht, am 13 Juni 2023

Offenbach, Orphée aux Enfers (Orpheus in der Unterwelt)

Opera Zuid

Enrico Delamboye, Musikalische Leitung

Benjamin Prins, Regie

Marloes en Wikke, Bühnenbild

Marrit van der Burgt, Kostüme

Julian Maiwald, Licht

Philharmonie Zuidnederland

Theaterkoor Opera Zuid

Marloes van der Hoek, Bühnenbild

Amel Brahim-Djelloul, Eurydice

Mark Omvlee, Pluton

Roger Smeets, Jupiter

Francis van Broekhuizen, Junon

Mathys Lagier, Orphée

Thomas Morris, Bacchus, L'Opinion Publique

Jeroen de Vaal, Mercure

Anna Emelianova, Diane

Olivier Hernandez, John Styx

Marina Ruiz, Venus

Sophie Collin, Cupidon

Willy Laury, Choreographie

Voller Jugend für die Jugend: L'elisir d'amore an der Opera Zuid

Rainer Zerbst, 23rd May

Ohne Chor, gekürzt und verjüngt – ein temporeicher und spritziger Liebestrank an der Opera Zuid.

****1

A striking, if perplexing, Midsummer Night's Dream from Opera Zuid

Clare Varney, 24th May

Ola Mafaalani's staging is a feast for the eyes with creative and edgy lighting, a clever and expressive use of colour and a stunning visual display, but not everything comes off successfully.

**111

In Amsterdam, a Matrimonio segreto for the future

Nicolas Nguyen, 18th March

Young singers, musicians and designers in this Matrimonio segreto co-produced by the three main opera companies in the Netherlands show that, on the stage and in the pit at least, the future of opera is bright.

****1

An enthusiastic and vibrant La traviata

David Pinedo, 2nd July

On a warm summer night, Opera Zuid closes its season with an impassioned, but keen production of La traviata in the Concertgebouw.

***11

Vivaldis Il Giustino mit Jacobs und dem Freiburger Barockorchester

Jens Klier, 21st April

Jacobs, FBO und exzellenter Gesangscrew gelingt es als Ensemble im ureigensten Wortsinne, Atmosphäre und Figuren effektstark zu veranschaulichen.

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Anna Netrebko glänzt in Wiens zeitloser Tosca

Laura Servidei, 18th April

In einer Welt, in der Operninszenierungen oft ins Abstrakte abgleiten, bietet die „Tosca“ der Wiener Staatsoper eine erfrischende Rückkehr zur Tradition – und Anna Netrebko liefert eine großartige Darbietung.

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Eleanor Knight

Eleanor is a writer and librettist. Her work has appeared in all kinds of places from the Royal Opera House to the foot tunnels beneath the Elephant and Castle roundabout, and she has written arts reviews and features for British papers and magazines. Having begun her working life in theatre, she switched to publishing and later taught creative writing at the University of Brighton and Birkbeck. Currently based in the Netherlands, she teaches at the University of Utrecht. Eleanor plays violin and sings, though not usually at the same time, and has recently taken up speed-skating.