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Laika

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International Theater: Grote ZaalLeidseplein 26, Amsterdam, North Holland, 1017, Netherlands

Dates/times in Amsterdam time zone

Festival: Holland Festival

Programme

Padding, Martijn (b. 1956)

Performers

Dutch National Opera
Etienne Siebens	Conductor
Aernout Mik	Director
Asko\|Schönberg
Vocaallab
Marieke Steenhoek	Soprano	Grimelda
Claron McFadden	Soprano	Trix Dominatrix
Marcel Beekman	Tenor	Ricardo
Mattijs van de Woerd	Baritone	Leporello
Thomas Oliemans	Baritone	Robbert
Dennis Wilgenhof	Bass	Joeri Gagarin
Helena Rasker	Mezzo-soprano	Mother

Martijn Padding's new opera Laika launched at the Holland Festival

Thea Derks, 4th June

Martijn Padding's opera Laika is let down by its libretto, which illustrates that though authors may write successful novels, this doesn’t necessarily imply they can also produce good theatre texts.