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Operaflirt XL

On 4 September, Dutch National Opera is presenting Operaflirt XL: Die Zauberflöte. This festive kick-off to the opera season is only for young people aged between 16 and 35!

Duration: 3:00

04 September

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Die Zauberflöte

Componist: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Opera Classic

What better way to kick off the opera season than with McBurney’s phenomenal staging of Die Zauberflöte by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart?

Duration: 3:00

07 09 12 14 17 19 23 26 29 September

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Jenůfa

Componist: Leoš Janáček

Opera

Rivalry, jealousy and social control culminate in the murder of an innocent child in Jenůfa.

Duration: 2:30

06 09 11 14 17 20 22 25 October

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Il barbiere de Siviglia

Componist: Gioacchino Rossini

Opera Classic

Rossini's lively and beloved opera classic Il barbiere di Siviglia is presented in a new staging by Lotte de Beer that kids are also sure to enjoy.

Duration: 3:00

10 13 16 18 20 23 25 28 30 November

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Nederlands Dans Theater 1

Dance Nederlands Dans Theater Modern

NDT brings a triple bill of four choreographic masterminds whose choice of music is as important as the stories they tell through their respective dance languages.

14 15 November

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Il barbiere de Siviglia

Componist: Gioacchino Rossini

Opera Classic

Rossini's lively and beloved opera classic Il barbiere di Siviglia is presented in a new staging by Lotte de Beer that kids are also sure to enjoy.

Duration: 3:00

02 December

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Oedipe

Componist: George Enescu

Opera

George Enescu’s masterpiece Oedipe is already a musical tour de force, but in the hands of director Àlex Ollé it boasts a visual staging that is equally spectacular!

Duration: 3:00

06 09 12 15 18 21 25 December

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Porgy and Bess

Componist: George Gershwin, Dubose and Dorothy Heyward, Ira Gershwin

Opera Classic

Everyone knows the hits from the opera and 1959 film Porgy and Bess, which include ‘Summertime’, ‘I Got Plenty O’ Nuttin’’, ‘Bess, You Is My Woman Now’ and ‘It Ain’t Necessarily So’.

Duration: 2:55

16 18 20 22 25 27 29 31 January

Juditha Triumphans

Componist: Antonio Vivaldi

Opera Baroque

Vivaldi’s Juditha Triumphans is an allegorical oratorio with a plot full of twists and turns. Though not intended for the theatre, it lends itself perfectly for staged production.

Duration: 2:40

26 28 30 January

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Juditha Triumphans

Componist: Antonio Vivaldi

Opera Baroque

Vivaldi’s Juditha Triumphans is an allegorical oratorio with a plot full of twists and turns. Though not intended for the theatre, it lends itself perfectly for staged production.

Duration: 2:40

01 03 05 07 February

Girls of the Golden West

Componist: John Adams

Opera Opera Forward

Dutch National Opera presents Girls of the Golden West by the celebrated American composer John Adams.

Duration: 3:15

28 February

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Girls of the Golden West

Componist: John Adams

Opera Opera Forward

Dutch National Opera presents Girls of the Golden West by the celebrated American composer John Adams.

Duration: 3:15

02 05 07 09 13 17 March

Caruso a Cuba

Componist: Micha Hamel

Opera Opera Forward World premiere

A new composition by Dutch composer and poet Micha Hamel, Caruso a Cuba is based on the novel Como un mensajero tuyo by Cuban author Mayra Montero.

03 05 06 08 09 March

Fin de Partie

Opera Opera Forward Pierre Audi

Based on the famous play by Samuel Beckett, Fin de Partie is the first opera written by 91-year-old György Kurtág, one of the world’s greatest living composers.

06 08 10 March

The second violinist

Opera Opera Forward Thriller

A sensational modern opera, The Second Violinist is a brooding thriller electrified by an otherworldly, almost compulsive score.

07 09 March

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Tannhäuser

Componist: Richard Wagner

Opera Wagner Romantic

With its splendid choral movements, Wagner’s ‘romantische Oper’ Tannhäuser is a true ‘singers’ opera’. German conductor Christof Loy has signed on for this fresh staging.

Duration: 4:15

06 10 14 18 21 24 28 April

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Pas de Deux - Scapino Ballet

Dans

Following a successful tour and glowing reactions, Scapino Ballet returns to our theatre with Pas de Deux by choreographer Ed Wubbe and composer Michiel Borstlap.

19 April

Madama Butterfly

Componist: Giacomo Puccini

Opera Classic Dramatic

Coolly stylised, Robert Wilson’s sublime staging of Puccini’s heartbreaking Madama Butterfly accentuates the tragic narrative.

Duration: 2:50

23 26 29 April

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Tannhäuser

Componist: Richard Wagner

Opera Wagner Romantic

With its splendid choral movements, Wagner’s ‘romantische Oper’ Tannhäuser is a true ‘singers’ opera’. German conductor Christof Loy has signed on for this fresh staging.

Duration: 4:15

01 May