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Performer: Michel van der Aa

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AmsterdamTheory of FlamesWorld premiere

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van der Aa: Theory of Flames
Elena Schwarz; Michel van der Aa; Dutch National Opera; Theun Mosk; Judith de Zwart; Residentie Orkest The Hague
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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.

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Parallel symmetries and random synchronicities at Festival d’Aix

In his 2016 opera Blank Out, Dutch composer Michel van der Aa has managed to create a new kind of operatic ‘reality’ that resonates powerfully with today’s Zeitgeist. Highly recommended.
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Blank Out: a heightened sensory trip

Soprano Miah Persson is the riveting protagonist in Michel van der Aa’s genre-crossing new opera, a fascinating revisiting of a tragic event.
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