Dutch National Opera
Atman!

Dates
21 December 2025 – 4 January 2026
Location
Dutch National Opera & Ballet, Studio Boekman + Tour
Running time
TBA
Tickets
From € 17

Youth opera about a journey full of obstacles
This Christmas holiday, Dutch National Opera presents Atman!, a musical tale that verges on the incredible. Nine-year-old Atman gets lost in his own city. He has the key to his home in his pocket but can no longer remember where he lives. He asks people in the street for help. A man has no time (“Ask me again tomorrow”). A woman takes him with her (“Boys like you make good sailors”). But Atman wants to go home, not sail across the ocean. What starts as a simple question (“Do you know which way I should go?”) turns into a journey full of detours and obstacles that, for a nine-year-old boy, sometimes seem— and indeed are—insurmountable. Composer Leonard Evers and writer Bart Moeyaert bring this journey to life through music and language.
Performance information
Dutch National Opera & Ballet advises a minimum age of 8 for this performance.
Sung in Dutch
Composition Leonard Evers
Libretto Bart Moeyaert
Stage direction Annemiek van Elst
Set design Douwe Hibma
Lighting design Timothy Jungblut
Costume design Maartje Prins
Dramaturgy Wout van Tongeren, Joep Hupperetz
Atman Isabel Pronk, Liza Vjera Lozica
Accordion Kaat Vanhaverbeke, Robbrecht van Cauwenberghe
Co-production with Nederlandse Reisopera and Opera Zuid
School Performances
Special school performances are offered exclusively for primary education.