January 2021
February 2021
Der fliegende Holländer
DUE TO THE CURRENT CORONA MEASURES, WE ARE UNFORTUNATELY FORCED TO CANCEL ALL PERFORMANCES OF DER FLIEGENDE HOLLÄNDER. YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION HERE: OPERABALLET.NL/CORONA-UPDATE In Wagner’s romantic opera Der fliegende Holländer, both the ghostly seaman – the ‘Dutchman’ – and the captain’s daughter Senta yearn desperately for redemption. The one is doomed to spend eternity sailing a ghost ship, the other is trapped in a stifling world where she does not belong.
Duration: 2:15
Onegin
DUE TO THE CURRENT CORONA MEASURES, WE ARE UNFORTUNATELY FORCED TO CANCEL ALL PERFORMANCES OF ONEGIN. YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION HERE: OPERABALLET.NL/CORONA-UPDATE John Cranko created one of the greatest love dramas in ballet history. Early love and broken hearts in an incredible choreographic richness make Onegin at least as compelling as Giselle and Swan Lake.
Duration: 2:10March 2021
Oedipus Rex / From ‘Antigone’
DUE TO THE CURRENT CORONA MEASURES, WE ARE UNFORTUNATELY FORCED TO CANCEL ALL PERFORMANCES OF OEDIPUS REX / FROM 'ANTIGONE'. YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION HERE: OPERABALLET.NL/CORONA-UPDATE Ballet and opera together in a world premiere Opera and ballet join forces for this new production of Stravinsky’s Oedipus Rex. In this unique artistic collaboration, the British choreographer and director Wayne McGregor bridges the world of classical tragedy with the language of contemporary ballet and 20th- and 21st-century music. Composer Samy Moussa wrote a penetrating and poignant response to Stravinsky’s masterpiece.
Oedipus Rex / From ‘Antigone’
DUE TO THE CURRENT CORONA MEASURES, WE ARE UNFORTUNATELY FORCED TO CANCEL ALL PERFORMANCES OF OEDIPUS REX / FROM 'ANTIGONE'. YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION HERE: OPERABALLET.NL/CORONA-UPDATE Ballet and opera together in a world premiere Opera and ballet join forces for this new production of Stravinsky’s Oedipus Rex. In this unique artistic collaboration, the British choreographer and director Wayne McGregor bridges the world of classical tragedy with the language of contemporary ballet and 20th- and 21st-century music. Composer Samy Moussa wrote a penetrating and poignant response to Stravinsky’s masterpiece.
Upload
Eternal life. It’s possible. As an upload, a digital version of ourselves. It might sound like science fiction. But developments in this area are racing ahead at warp speed. Upload investigates what this means for our ‘humanness’, our identity, and our relationship with others.
Duration: 1:20April 2021
May 2021
Anna Bolena
‘Success, Trumph, Delirium!’ – the audience practically raised the roof at the premiere of Anna Bolena in 1830. With his melodious music, Donizetti transposed a historical situation into a world of intense emotion. He still manages to touch listeners as no other.
Duration: 3:30June 2021
The Dutch School
The Dutch School offers a perfect sampler of the best that Dutch dance has achieved: dance that puts simplicity, clarity, musicality and the expressive qualities of the individual dancer at the forefront. It invites you to experience an incredibly wide range of vibes and emotions. In The Dutch School, you will meet choreographers who made an important contribution to Dutch National Ballet: master choreographer Hans van Manen, associate artist David Dawson and three young choreographers, Wubkje Kuindersma, Remi Wortmeyer and Ernst Meisner, who are creating together a world premiere for The Dutch School.
