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Venue: Opera Vlaanderen, Antwerp

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AddressFrankrijklei 3
2000 Antwerp
Belgium
Google maps51° 13' 7.557" N 4° 24' 57.985" E
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AntwerpBartók / Beethoven / Schönberg

Opera Ballet Vlaanderen
Bartók, Beethoven, Schoenberg
Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker; Opera Ballet Vlaanderen; Herman Sorgeloos; Rosas; Jean Luc Ducourt

AntwerpOrphée et EuridiceConcert performance

Opera Ballet Vlaanderen
Gluck: Orphée et Euridice
Francesco Corti; Opera Ballet Vlaanderen; Symfonisch Orkest Opera Ballet Vlaanderen; Koor Opera Vlaanderen; Sophie Rennert; Ana Quintans

AntwerpLa traviata

Opera Ballet Vlaanderen
Verdi: La traviata
Elena Schwarz; Tom Goossens; Opera Ballet Vlaanderen; Bart Van Merode; Lena Mariën; Symfonisch Orkest Opera Ballet Vlaanderen

AntwerpDer Schmied von Gent

Opera Ballet Vlaanderen
Schreker: Der Schmied von Gent
Martijn Dendievel; Ersan Mondtag; Opera Ballet Vlaanderen; Jef Smits; Josa Marx; Rainer Casper

AntwerpA WaveWorld premiere

Opera Ballet Vlaanderen
Various: A Wave
Zoë Demoustier; Opera Ballet Vlaanderen; Annemie Boonen; Tom Swaak; Hannah Bekemans

AntwerpWinterreiseWorld premiere

Opera Ballet Vlaanderen
Schubert: Winterreise
Trajal Harrell; Opera Ballet Vlaanderen; Erik Flatmo; Stéfane Perraud

AntwerpLucifer and De Schelde

Opera Ballet Vlaanderen
Benoit
Stephan Zilias; Stef Aerts; Opera Ballet Vlaanderen; An D'Huys; Ken Hioco; Symfonisch Orkest Opera Ballet Vlaanderen; Koor Opera Vlaanderen

AntwerpBausch / Platel / Mahler

Opera Ballet Vlaanderen
Mahler
Pina Bausch; Alain Platel; Opera Ballet Vlaanderen; James Hendry; Karl Kneidl
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Opera Ballet Vlaanderen: intrigue and mystery draws in the audience

Lateef Williams and Maria Franz in Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker’s Mitten wir im Leben sind © Phile Deprez
A very well balanced triple bill comprising two revivals and a world premiere gave ample opportunity for the dancers of Opera Ballet Vlaanderen to show off their versatility in Antwerp.
****1
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Opera Ballet Vlaanderen’s Parsifal: digital drama, celestial singing

Albert Dohmen (Gurnemanz), Christopher Sokolowski (Parsifal) and Dshamilja Kaiser (Kundry) © OBV | Annemie Augustijns
Digital projections make Opera Ballet Vlaanderen’s Parsifal seem alienating and strange, but the singing is terrific and the orchestra sounds sensational.
***11
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A powerhouse: Opera Ballet Vlaanderen in Shechter’s Grand Finale

Opera Ballet Vlaanderen in Hofesh Shechter's Grand Finale © Koen Broos, OBV
Opera Ballet Vlaanderen powers its way through an exciting revamp of Hofesh Shechter’s inimitable Grand Finale.
****1
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Marcos Morau’s Romeo + Juliet: lessons in volatility

Romeo + Juliet © OBV | Danny Willems

An unconventional dance take on Prokofiev's ubiquitous ballet for Opera Ballet Vlaanderen in Antwerp is not for the faint-hearted.

***11
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Grotesque and gripping: Opera Ballet Vlaanderen unveils a new Salome

Thomas Blondelle (Herodes) and Astrid Kessler (Salome) © OBV | Annemie Augustjins
Not a great day for the patriarchy: Ersan Mondtag's gripping new Salome emphasises grotesque caricatures and ends with a bloody, plot-twisting coup d’état. 
****1
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Power to the people! A revolutionary Clemenza di Tito

Anna Goryachova (Sesto) and Jeremy Ovenden (Tito) © OBV | Annemie Augustijns
Revolution is not for the fainthearted in Milo Rau’s decolonized production of Mozart's opera seria for Opera Ballet Vlaanderen. 
****1
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Royal Ballet Flanders: it's either bemusing or brilliant!

Royal Ballet Flanders in Jermaine Spivey's Extant © OBV/Filip Van Roe

Three linked works of contemporary ballet provoke a very mixed response.

***11
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Dido and Aeneas reworked as performance art

Though ambitious and occasionally arresting, this revised and expanded take on the Purcell classic suffers from subtraction by addition.
**111
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