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AmsterdamSimon BoccanegraNew production

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Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
Fabio Luisi; Jetske Mijnssen; Dutch National Opera; Étienne Pluss; Hannah Clark; Valerio Tiberi; Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

AmsterdamPagliacci / Cavalleria rusticana

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Leoncavallo, Mascagni
Andrea Battistoni; Robert Carsen; Dutch National Opera; Radu Boruzescu; Annemarie Woods; Peter van Praet; Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra

AmsterdamCherry TownNew production

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Shostakovich: Moscow, Cheryomushki (Cherrytown)
Bassem Akiki; Jakop Ahlbom; Dutch National Opera; Thomas Rupert; Esmee Thomassen; Marc Heinz; Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra

AmsterdamJohannes-Passion

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Bach: St John Passion, BWV245
Leonardo García-Alarcón; Sasha Waltz; Dutch National Opera; Heike Schuppelius; Bernd Skodzig; David Finn; Netherlands Bach Society Orchestra

MaastrichtUprisingNew production

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Dove: Uprising
Manoj Kamps; Gable Roelofsen; Dutch National Opera; Davy van Gerven; Chorus of Dutch National Opera; Romy Roelofsen; Madeline Saputra

HeerlenUprisingNew production

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Dove: Uprising
Manoj Kamps; Gable Roelofsen; Dutch National Opera; Davy van Gerven; Chorus of Dutch National Opera; Romy Roelofsen; Madeline Saputra
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Jetske Mijnssen’s Boccanegra a coup for DNO season finale

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Everything about this production is fresh and wonderful.
*****
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Weinberg’s The Passenger at Dutch National Opera

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Tobias Kratzer's 2024 Munich production makes its way to Amsterdam, proving that Weinberg's opera has the power to transfix. 

****1
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Michel van der Aa’s Theory of Flames: defining opera for a modern age

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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
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Chailly makes a highly anticipated return to the Royal Concertgebouw

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Joined by two of the Netherlands' finest choirs, Riccardo Chailly conducts a Prokofiev double bill: the Fourth Symphony, a first for the orchestra, paired with the cantata Alexander Nevsky.
*****
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Semele at Dutch National Opera: myth, desire and fantasy

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Guth’s Semele turns myth into a contemporary domestic drama, where desire becomes obsession and illusion consumes reality. Handel’s music remains the true engine, driven by a thrilling, physically intense ensemble.

****1
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Stikhina and Clayton shine in DNO's uneven Maid of Orleans

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Director Dmitri Tcherniakov and a talented cast do everything to make Tchaikovsky’s opera work in Amsterdam, but problematic elements persist. 
***11
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AmsterdamThe Maid of OrleansNew production

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Tchaikovsky: The Maid of Orleans
Valentin Uryupin; Dmitri Tcherniakov; Dutch National Opera; Elena Zaytseva; Gleb Filshtinsky; Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra