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Tag Archives: Dutch National Opera
Rob Zuidam zooms in on Joanna the Mad in his opera Rage d’Amours: ‘Joanna took me by the hand’
In 2005, Dutch National Opera and Holland Festival presented Rob Zuidam’s opera Rage d’Amours. Five years later, he received the Kees van Baaren Prize for this blood-curdling production about the life of Joanna The Mad. The award ceremony was part … Continue reading
Aida goes Black Lives Matter
It is night. Behind the windows of an immense hall, some scanty cars and cyclists pass by. The deserted space is filled with what seem to be rows of beds waiting for patients. An improvised covid-19 hospital? Then the camera … Continue reading
Mathilde Wantenaar on her new opera A Song for the Moon: ‘With music you can achieve anything’
In 2013 Mathilde Wantenaar (Amsterdam, 1993) participated in the project Boom|Amsterdam is an opera, two years later she wrote the mini-opera Personar for the first edition of the Opera Forward Festival. In March her family opera Een lied voor de … Continue reading
Posted in music, women composers
Tagged A Song for the Moon, Dutch National Opera, Mathilde Wantenaar, Toon Tellegen, Willem Bruls
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La Cenerentola Rossini: coloraturas by linear metre
The first thing that catches the eye when entering the Dutch National Opera is the large number of young people who crowd into the cloakroom. The organisation has emphatically advertised its new production of La Cenerentola (Cinderella) as a … Continue reading
Posted in music, review
Tagged Dutch National Opera, La Cenerentola, Laurent Pelly, Roberto Tagliavini, Rossini
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Tannhäuser at DNO: no ‘director’s theatre’ but subtle view on hypocrisy around love
Recently, a petition was launched for the restoration of Olivier Keegel’s press accreditation by Dutch National Opera. They no longer provide press tickets because he fiercely attacked Pierre Audi’s programming on the Flemish blog Operagazet and in the Dutch newspaper … Continue reading
George Benjamin on Lessons in Love & Violence: ‘Martin Crimp wrings music from me’ #HF18
The world premiere of George Benjamin’s opera Lessons in Love & Violence unleashed a true flood of 4 and 5 star reviews. Martin Crimp wrote the libretto, as he had done for Benjamin’s earlier operas Into the Little Hill and … Continue reading
Posted in music, news
Tagged Dutch National Opera, George Benjamin, Katie Mitchell, Lessons in Love and Violence, Martin Crimp
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Teodor Currentzis: Music to die for
He is praised and reviled for his idiosyncratic approach to classical masterpieces. According to Teodor Currentzis (1972) this is ‘a myth, I only do what the composer wants’. On Monday 7 May he will make his debut at Dutch National … Continue reading
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Tagged Dutch National Opera, La clemenza di Tito, Mozart, Peter Sellars, Teodor Currentzis
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Julia Bullock sings Anne Trulove in #TheRakesProgress: ‘Anne is a very mature woman’
At the first opportunity he abandons her. He leads a debauched life, marries someone else and ends up in the madhouse. Yet Anne Trulove keeps loving Tom Rakewell, the main character in The Rake’s Progress. On 1 February, Dutch National … Continue reading