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ParisHans van Manen & Dutch National Ballet
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Beethoven, Bach, Britten, Piazzolla
Hans van Manen; Dutch National Ballet
AmsterdamSimon BoccanegraNew production
Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
Fabio Luisi; Jetske Mijnssen; Dutch National Opera; Étienne Pluss; Hannah Clark; Valerio Tiberi; Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
AmsterdamMasters of Movement – Dutch National Ballet
Haines, Mahler
David Dawson; Krzysztof Pastor; Alexei Ratmansky; Dutch National Ballet; Nathan Brock; John Otto; Yumiko Takeshima; Bert Dalhuysen
AmsterdamPagliacci / Cavalleria rusticana
Leoncavallo, Mascagni
Andrea Battistoni; Robert Carsen; Dutch National Opera; Radu Boruzescu; Annemarie Woods; Peter van Praet; Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra
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
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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.
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.
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.
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.
Collaborations and world premieres: Opera Forward Festival
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Two world premieres at Dutch National Opera speak to what have traditionally been two separate audiences: the audience within the opera house and the one without.
Venables We Are the Lucky Ones is the time to be alive at DNO
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Inspired by Annie Ernaux’s The Years, Philip Venables’ new opera widens the canvas to take in the whole of Europe’s postwar generation.
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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
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Elena Stikhina on Salzburg, Tosca and the reality of life as a singer
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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
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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
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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.