program

October

Man in cardboard cutout with costume painted on
Opera
Operetta Land
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...

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

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December

Dancers as snowflakes
Ballet
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...

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

Dancers as snowflakes
Ballet
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...

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

Vrouw met links een spiegelbeeld en glazen van vergrootglazen met haar reflectie
Opera Forward Festival
Theory of Flames
6 – 22 March 2026
5 performances
Dutch National Opera & Ballet, Main Stage

In this new film opera, Michel van der Aa explores pressing themes such as disinformation...

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Vrouw met wit masker over hele gezicht en zwarte haren tegen een oranje achtergrond
Opera Forward Festival
Mariza: A Requiem
13 – 21 March 2026
3 performances
Dutch National Opera & Ballet, Main Stage

What happens in the final seconds before you disappear forever? This intriguing question...

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Grafische vormen met de titel Les enfants terribles in
Opera Forward Festival
Les enfants terribles
14 – 24 March 2026
5 performances
Extern, tour

Les enfants terribles by Philip Glass is a haunting and poetic chamber opera, in which the...

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Grafische vormen met de titel The Knife of Dawn in
Opera Forward Festival
The Knife of Dawn
14 – 18 March 2026
4 performances
Dutch National Opera & Ballet, Studio Boekman

The Knife of Dawn tells the compelling story of the Guyanese political activist and poet...

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