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AmsterdamLegacies – Dutch National Ballet
Bizet, Mozart, Jeths
George Balanchine; Toer van Schayk; Hans van Manen; Kirsten Wicklund; Dutch National Ballet; Koen Kessels; Netty de Swardt; Jan Hofstra; Dutch National Ballet Orchestra
AmsterdamPagliacci / Cavalleria rusticana
Leoncavallo, Mascagni
Andrea Battistoni; Robert Carsen; Dutch National Opera; Radu Boruzescu; Annemarie Woods; Peter van Praet; Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra
AmsterdamCherry TownNew production
Shostakovich: Moscow, Cheryomushki (Cherrytown)
Bassem Akiki; Jakop Ahlbom; Dutch National Opera; Thomas Rupert; Esmee Thomassen; Marc Heinz; Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra
AmsterdamLennoxWorld premiere
Ankomah: Lennox
Lochlan Brown; Marjorie Boston; Dutch National Opera; John Lippens; Iris Elstrodt; Wes Broersen; Koen Jantzen
AmsterdamSwan Lake – Dutch National Ballet
Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake
Marius Petipa; Lev Ivanov; Rudi van Dantzig; Dutch National Ballet; Fayçal Karoui; Toer van Schayk; Jan Hofstra
AmsterdamSwan Lake Remixed
Ronner: Swan Lake Remixed
Sedrig Verwoert; Rutkay Özpinar; Zoë Greten; Ahmad Joudeh; Nnamdi Nwagwu; Dutch National Ballet; Ish Dance Collective; Dutch National Ballet's Junior Company; Ben Kreukniet
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Musical triumph meets voyeuristic violence in Carsen’s Pag & Cav
Dutch National Opera’s powerhouse cast and incandescent chorus deliver a musical triumph in Robert Carsen’s Cav/Pag revival, even as its voyeuristic staging leaves bitter ethical questions around gendered violence unresolved.
Jetske Mijnssen’s Boccanegra a coup for DNO season finale
Everything about this production is fresh and wonderful.
Weinberg’s The Passenger at Dutch National Opera
Tobias Kratzer's 2024 Munich production makes its way to Amsterdam, proving that Weinberg's opera has the power to transfix.
Michel van der Aa’s Theory of Flames: defining opera for a modern age
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.
Semele at Dutch National Opera: myth, desire and fantasy
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.
Stikhina and Clayton shine in DNO's uneven Maid of Orleans
Director Dmitri Tcherniakov and a talented cast do everything to make Tchaikovsky’s opera work in Amsterdam, but problematic elements persist.
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AmsterdamSimon BoccanegraNew production
Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
Fabio Luisi; Jetske Mijnssen; Dutch National Opera; Étienne Pluss; Hannah Clark; Valerio Tiberi; Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
AmsterdamThe Maid of OrleansNew production
Tchaikovsky: The Maid of Orleans
Valentin Uryupin; Dmitri Tcherniakov; Dutch National Opera; Elena Zaytseva; Gleb Filshtinsky; Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra
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Elena Stikhina on Salzburg, Tosca and the reality of life as a singer
Soprano Elena Stikhina is in demand at the world's major opera houses. Isabella Steppan meets her in Salzburg to discuss the role of Tosca – which she is currently singing in Amsterdam and Vienna – and the reality of life as an opera singer.
Dreams and documentaries: opera world premieres
We preview nine major new operas on stage this season in Europe, from composers including Unsuk Chin, Rebecca Saunders, Mark-Anthony Turnage, Philip Venables and Toshio Hosokawa.
State of the (operatic) union: notes from Opera Europa
Audiences, energy prices, politics, sustainability... With nearly 400 opera executives assembled in Copenhagen, the Opera Europa autumn conference was the ideal venue to take the temperature of the opera industry.