Nederlandse Reisopera’s Fidelio makes opera truly accessible for all

Kelly God (Leonore)

Bryan Register (Florestan) and Kelly God (Leonore)

Bastiaan Everink (Don Pizarro)

Fidelio

Bryan Register (Florestan), Kelly God (Leonore) and the company of Fidelio

By Clare Varney, 24 April 2023

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“Bastiaan Everink’s Pizarro ... was the true embodiment of evil”

Reviewed at Muziekcentrum De Wilmersberg: Wilminktheater, Enschede on 22 April 2023

Beethoven, Fidelio (new production)

De Nederlandse Reisopera

Otto Tausk, Conductor

John Fulljames, Director

Steffen Aarfing, Set Designer, Costume Designer

Lee Curran, Lighting Designer, Video

Phion

Consensus Vocalis

Bryan Register, Florestan

Frederik Bergman, Don Fernando

Bastiaan Everink, Don Pizarro

Yorck Felix Speer, Rocco

Kelly God, Leonore

Remmert Velthuis, Second prisoner

Petter Moen, Jaquino

Julietta Aleksanyan, Marzelline

A strikingly colourful Ariadne auf Naxos from Nederlandse Reisopera

Clare Varney, 1st February

Juliana Zara and Annemarie Kremer lead the cast in a riotous, yet deeply touching, new production from Nederlandse Reisopera.

****1

Suck it and see: Powder Her Face premieres in the Netherlands

Eleanor Knight, 8th February

Sex, fame, luxury and envy meet in an irresistible cocktail as the Reisopera stages the Dutch premiere of Thomas Adès’ chamber opera.

***11

A memorable Zauberflöte from Nederlandse Reisopera

Clare Varney, 20th January

A top-class line-up of international soloists produce an accomplished and polished semi-staging for the company's tour.

****1

An Orfeo of infinite beauty by Nederlandse Reisopera

Nicolas Nguyen, 9th February

The brainchild of opera director Monique Wagemakers, choreographer Nanine Linning and visual artist Lonneke Gordijn, this Orfeo by Nederlandse Reisopera is a thing of infinite beauty.

*****

Dutch Reisopera’s winning A Little Night Music

Nicolas Nguyen, 26th March

Programming Stephen Sondheim’s A Little Night Music is quite a daring move in a country with no real tradition in musical. This production by Nederlands Reisopera shows that fortune favours the bold.

****1

A dystopian police state for Reisopera's new Tosca

Nicolas Nguyen, 6th November

A fine cast convinces in Dutch Reisopera's new Tosca, staged in a dystopian police state.

***11

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Clare Varney

Clare is a freelance writer and music critic from the UK, currently living in the Netherlands where she writes about Music, Food and Culture. Clare is a passionate musician, having learnt the violin and piano from an early age. When not at her laptop writing, she spends her time nurturing the next generation of brass players, all from her Dutch kitchen in the sky. Read more at The Spidy Editor.