
COLLABORATION DNO AND HNB
Dates
9-25 Feb 2023
Location
Dutch National Opera & Ballet, Main Stage
Running time
t.b.a.
Tickets
From €15

Impressive gesamtkunstwerk to Verdi’s requiem
Following the success of Missa in tempore belli the previous season, the Chorus of Dutch National Opera and the dancers of Dutch National Ballet are combining forces once more. Led by choreographer and director Christian Spuck, they share the stage with four soloists, accompanied by the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. In his interpretation of Verdi’s Messa da Requiem, Spuck brings together vocal music and dance with great virtuosity, in poetically powerful tableaux.
Photo: Carlos Quezada
Performance Information
Requiem Mass
Sung in Latin
Musical direction Eun Sun Kim
Choreography and stage direction Christian Spuck
Set design Christian Schmidt
Costumes design Emma Ryott
Lighting design Martin Gebhardt
Dramaturgy Michael Küster, Claus Spahn
Soprano Federica Lombardi, Guanqun Yu
Mezzo-soprano Yulia Matochkina, Agnieszka Rehlis
Tenor Freddie de Tommaso
Bass Alexander Vinogradov, Maxim Kuzmin-Karavaev
Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra
Dutch National Ballet (soloists t.b.a)
Chorus of Dutch National Opera
Chorus master Edward Ananian-Cooper
Original production by Opernhaus Zürich
Ticket prices
Check out the ticket prices per price category via the link below.
Order tickets
Tickets go on sale on 25 August. Sign up for the newsletter and receive an alert when the tickets go on sale.

‘That first moment when everyone draws a collective breath’
Conductor Eun Sun Kim about Verdi and freedom.
Photo: Eun Sun Kim | © Kim Tae-hwan

Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra
Founded in 1918, the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra is famed for the intense energy it brings to its performances. Led by principal conductor Lahav Shani, the orchestra is often commended for the huge range of colour in its sound. Lahav Shani’s predecessors, Yannick Nézet-Séguin and Valery Gergiev, have both had honorific titles conferred on them as honorary conductors of the orchestra. The orchestra’s most recent collaboration with Dutch National Opera was in 2021 with the The Seven Deadly Sins. This season, they will provide the musical accompaniment to Messa da Requiem under the direction of up-and-coming conductor Eun Sun Kim.

Opera & Ballet Online
Can't get enough of Ballet? Discover more than 3,487 hours of:
- ballet classes
- behind-the-scenes videos
- interviews & articles
- fragments
- games & quizzes