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January '19

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The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess

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

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: 3:30

22 25 27 29 31 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

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

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Opera Forward Festival 2019

Opera Opera Forward Talent

In March 2019, Dutch National Opera presents the fourth edition of the Opera Forward Festival, with as its central theme Identity and confrontation.

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

28 February

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Opera Forward Festival 2019

Opera Opera Forward Talent

In March 2019, Dutch National Opera presents the fourth edition of the Opera Forward Festival, with as its central theme Identity and confrontation.

01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 13 17 March

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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

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Homo Instrumentalis

Opera Opera Forward

From spear to smartphone: over the centuries, human beings have developed countless tools to master their world. But do we really rule our technology, or are we in its grasp?

Duration: 1:30

01 02 03 04 March

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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.

Duration: 1:50

03 05 06 08 09 March

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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.

Duration: 2:00

06 08 10 March

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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

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

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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

May '19

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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

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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

02 05 07 10 13 May

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The boy who grew too fast

Componist: Gian Carlo Menotti

Opera

What do you do when you are different from everybody else? Try not to stand out? Or ignore what others think?

Duration: 0:40

03 04 May

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aus LICHT

Componist: Karlheinz Stockhausen

Opera Holland Festival Experiment

What is mankind’s purpose on Earth? Karlheinz Stockhausen’s answer to this question is the seven-opera cycle LICHT.

31 May

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aus LICHT

Componist: Karlheinz Stockhausen

Opera Holland Festival Experiment

What is mankind’s purpose on Earth? Karlheinz Stockhausen’s answer to this question is the seven-opera cycle LICHT.

01 02 04 05 06 08 09 10 June

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Pelléas et Mélisande

Componist: Claude Debussy

Opera Holland Festival

At the 2019 Holland Festival DNO will present a new production of Pelléas et Mélisande. This one and only opera by Claude Debussy is among the great high points of opera history.

Duration: 3:15

05 08 12 16 18 23 27 June