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It is all very easy on the eyes, although pondering what it is all supposed to mean is a recipe for a migraine.

Mohammed Fairouz’s second opera, The New Prince, premiered in Amsterdam, is directed by Lotte de Beer as a colourful, dizzyingly fast-paced  revue.

At Dutch National Opera, director Lotte de Beer’s reminds us who the Hänsels and Gretels of the 21st century are, juggling between harsh reality and heartening fairy tale in a spectacle that both delights and unsettles.

Violetta der etwas anderen Art: Lotte de Beer und Moritz Eggert versetzen nicht nur die Geschichte der Traviata in das Hier und Heute, sondern verleihen auch der Musik von Guiseppe Verdi ein neues Kostüm.