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Gurre-Lieder

Rarely has a theatrical world premiere been so warmly received as Dutch National Opera’s production of Arnold Schönberg’s late-Romantic Gurre-Lieder in 2014.

Duration: 2:00

20 24 26 29 April

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Gurre-Lieder

Componist: Arnold Schönberg

Opera Romantic Pierre Audi

Rarely has a theatrical world premiere been so warmly received as Dutch National Opera’s production of Arnold Schönberg’s late-Romantic Gurre-Lieder in 2014.

Duration: 2:00

02 05 May

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La clemenza di Tito

Componist: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Opera Classic Mozart

In his production of Mozart’s opera La clemenza di Tito, Peter Sellars shows a society that rises and falls, which he links to recent events in Paris and Brussels.

Duration: 3:30

07 09 11 13 16 19 21 24 May

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Little Dog’s Heart

Componist: Oene van Geel / Florian Magnus Maier

Opera Family

… absurd, contentious, but very entertaining youth theatre … (Theaterkrant)
… a swinging party … (de Volkskrant)

Duration: 1:25

10 12 May

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International Young Patrons Gala

Opera & Ballet

On Friday 1 June 2018, the Young Patrons Circle of Dutch National Opera & Ballet hosts its annual International Young Patrons Gala.

01 June

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Les contes d’Hoffmann

Componist: Jacques Offenbach

Opera Opera Fantastique Holland Festival

Les Contes d’Hoffmann is an ‘opéra fantastique’, in which the Romantic poet Hoffmann remembers the important women in his life in a drunken stupor.

Duration: 3:40

03 06 11 15 21 24 28 June

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Lessons in Love and Violence

Componist: George Benjamin

Opera Drama Holland Festival

Following the overwhelming impact made by George Benjamin’s Written on Skin in 2012, Dutch National Opera presents his latest opera: Lessons in Love and Violence.

Duration: 1:40

25 27 29 June

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Les contes d’Hoffmann

Componist: Jacques Offenbach

Opera Opera Fantastique Holland Festival

Les Contes d’Hoffmann is an ‘opéra fantastique’, in which the Romantic poet Hoffmann remembers the important women in his life in a drunken stupor.

Duration: 3:40

02 July

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Lessons in Love and Violence

Componist: George Benjamin

Opera Drama Holland Festival

Following the overwhelming impact made by George Benjamin’s Written on Skin in 2012, Dutch National Opera presents his latest opera: Lessons in Love and Violence.

Duration: 1:40

01 03 05 July

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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

04 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 energetic Il barbiere di Siviglia is a beloved opera classic. Il barbiere di Siviglia is presented in a new staging by Lotte de Beer that kids are also sure t

Duration: 3:00

10 13 16 18 20 23 25 28 30 November

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 energetic Il barbiere di Siviglia is a beloved opera classic. Il barbiere di Siviglia is presented in a new staging by Lotte de Beer that kids are also sure t

Duration: 3:00

02 December

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

Porgy and Bess is a unique opera and a popular favourite in which George Gershwin mixed jazz with the western opera tradition and Afro-American and Russian Jewish music. Everyone knows the

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, the result of an artistic partnership between world-renowne

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

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 in this revival of the enthusiastically received 2002 producti

Duration: 2:50

23 26 29 April

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

30 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

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 in this revival of the enthusiastically received 2002 producti

Duration: 2:50

02 05 07 10 13 May