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September – December

2025 – 2026 season

Woman in yellow dress

3 – 25 September 2025 9 performances

Dutch National Opera & Ballet, Main Stage

Love, power and betrayal take centre stage in Tosca, a psychological thriller by Giacomo...

Two male dancers like a monument

11 – 28 September 2025 10 performances

Dutch National Opera & Ballet, Main Stage

Themes like gay emancipation and gender identity have always had a place in our...

Man in cardboard cutout with costume painted on

5 – 23 October 2025 7 performances

Dutch National Opera & Ballet, Main Stage

In Operetta Land, anything is possible—as long as you use your imagination. Theatre maker...

Warm embrace

Romeo and Juliet

14 October – 11 November 2025 15 performances

Dutch National Opera & Ballet, Main Stage

Rudi van Dantzig’s Romeo and Juliet is a poignant classic filled with passion, conflict...

Meisje voor een spiegel, van de ene kant dansend en van de andere kant met labjas aan

The Theory of Everything

19 – 26 October 2025 12 performances

Dutch National Opera & Ballet, Studio Boekman

Nia is looking for more time. With the hours she has, it just doesn’t seem possible to...

Vrouw met ridderhelm

The Maid of Orleans

12 November – 2 December 2025 8 performances

Dutch National Opera & Ballet, Main Stage

The Maid of Orleans is a rarely performed gem in the oeuvre of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky...

Twee personen

I Capuleti e i Montecchi

7 – 28 December 2025 8 performances

Dutch National Opera & Ballet, Main Stage

Following the successful Donizetti series, it is now the turn of Vincenzo Bellini, another...

Dancers as snowflakes

The Nutcracker and the Mouse King

12 December 2025 – 2 January 2026 18 performances

Dutch National Opera & Ballet, Main Stage

Since its premiere in 1996, The Nutcracker and the Mouse King by Toer van Schayk and Wayne...

Jongen met gele regenjas en rode rugzak die achterom kijkt. In drie wolkjes om hem heen staat een papier gevouwen huis, sleutel en boot.

21 December 2025 – 4 January 2026 12 performances

Dutch National Opera & Ballet, Studio Boekman

This Christmas holiday, Dutch National Opera presents Atman!, a musical tale that verges...

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