Residentie Orkest has a new story to tell at the Concertgebouw

Par Clare Varney, 26 août 2025

Chargement en cours, veuillez patienter...

Voir le listing complet

“the harp’s heavenly strains brought visions of fluttering tutus onto the Concertgebouw stage”

Critique faite à Concertgebouw: Main Hall, Amsterdam, le 24 août 2025

Saint-Saëns, Danse macabre

Saint-Saëns, Introduction et Rondo Capriccioso, Op.28

Saint-Saëns, Marche héroïque, Op.34

Wieniawski, Fantaisie brillante on themes from Gounod's Faust, Op.20

Bacewicz, Kaprys polski (Caprice polonais)

Tchaïkovski, Le Lac des cygnes : suite

Bomsori Kim, Violon

Residentie Orkest The Hague

Jun Märkl, Direction

Michel van der Aa’s Theory of Flames: defining opera for a modern age

Clare Varney, 6th March

British singers Mary Bevan and Roderick Williams lead the cast in Dutch National Opera’s latest ground-breaking opera, merging live music with pre-recorded film and electronics.

****1

Venables We Are the Lucky Ones is the time to be alive at DNO

Eleanor Knight, 22nd March

Inspired by Annie Ernaux’s The Years, Philip Venables’ new opera widens the canvas to take in the whole of Europe’s postwar generation.

*****

Blue in Amsterdam: aktueller kann Oper nicht sein!

Michael Klier, 7th November

Das außergewöhnlich gute Sängerensemble trägt diese aussagekräftige Opernvorstellung bei ihrer europäischen Premiere.

****1

Aktuell und trostvoll: Willem Jeths Ritratto in Amsterdam

Michael Klier, 7th October

Mit siebenmonatiger Verspätung kommt Willem Jeths' neue Oper endlich zur langersehnten Welturaufführung vor Publikum.

****1

A monolithic Nabucco at Dutch National Opera

Jenny Camilleri, 27th January

A promising cast on paper is scuppered by a banal, monotonous production and uninspired conducting.

**111

Bob Wilson's cool minimalist Butterfly is back in Amsterdam

Nicolas Nguyen, 23rd April

Robert Wilson's Madama Butterfly is back in Amsterdam starring rising star Elena Stikhina as the doomed Cio-Cio-San.

***11

Plus de critiques...

Clare Varney

Clare is a freelance writer and music critic from the UK, currently living in the Netherlands where she writes about Music, Food and Culture. Clare is a passionate musician, having learnt the violin and piano from an early age. When not at her laptop writing, she spends her time nurturing the next generation of brass players, all from her Dutch kitchen in the sky. Read more at The Spidy Editor.