Theo Loevendie's opera The Rise of Spinoza premières

By Thea Derks, 13 October 2014

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Reviewed at Concertgebouw: Main Hall, Amsterdam on 11 October 2014

Loevendie, The Rise of Spinoza

Stravinsky, Oedipus Rex

Markus Stenz, Conductor

Katrien Baerts, Clara

Marcel Reijans, François van der Ende

Hubert Claessens, Rabbi Morteira

Tim Mead, Spinoza

Janina Baechle, Jocasta

Khachatur Badalyan, Oedipus

Wesley Rogers, Shepherd

Andrew Schroeder, Creon, Messenger

Dimitry Ivashchenko, Tiresias

Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra (Radio Filharmonisch Orkest)

Netherlands Radio Choir (Groot Omroepkoor)

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Thea Derks

Thea Derks studied English at Groningen University and musicology at Amsterdam University. She graduated with honours in 1996. She was singer/songwriter of the new-wave group Tess. She lectured on modern music in the Amsterdam Concertgebouw from 2003–12, gives pre-concert talks throughout the Netherlands, and is a reporter and programmer for Radio 4, the Dutch classical music station. She recently published a biography on Reinbert de Leeuw that has been well received. www.theaderks.wordpress.com

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