
WORLD PREMIERE
Dates
3-16 March 2023
Location
Dutch National Opera & Ballet, Main Stage
Running time
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Tickets
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Orwell’s masterpiece transformed into an epic opera
A group of animals stages a rebellion on a dilapidated farm to free themselves from a tyrannical farmer, only to be subjugated to a new despot from their own ranks. A must-see world premiere: Orwell’s timeless classic about a fight for freedom doomed to failure.
Performance information
Opera in two acts, nine scenes and an epilogue
Sung in English
Libretto Ian Burton
Musical direction Bassem Akiki
Stage direction Damiano Michieletto
Set Paolo Fantin
Costumes Klaus Bruns
Lighting Alessandro Carletti
Choreography Thomas Wilhelm
Dramaturgy Wout van Tongeren, Luc Joosten
Old Major Gennady Bezzubenkov
Napoleon Misha Kiria
Snowball Michael Gniffke
Squiller James Kryshak
Boxer Germán Olvera
Benjamin Karl Laquit
Minimus Artyom Krutko
Clover Helena Rasker
Muriel Maya Gour*
Blacky Elena Vassilieva
Mollie NN
Pigetta (young actress) Karl Laquit
Mr. Jones Marcel Beekman
Mrs. Jones Francis van Broekhuizen
*De Nationale Opera Studio
Netherlands Chamber Orchestra
Chorus of Dutch National Opera
Chorus master Edward Ananian-Cooper
Nieuw Amsterdams Kinderkoor (part of Nieuw Vocaal Amsterdam)
Rehearsals children’s chorus Anaïs de la Morandais
Composition and co-production by Dutch National Opera, Wiener Staatsoper and Teatro Massimo (Palermo)
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