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August

Dutch National Opera & Ballet

Amsterdam Rainbow Dress – Unfolded Voices

25 July – 8 August 2026

11 days

Dutch National Opera & Ballet, Studio Boekman

A living symbol of resistance and solidarity. During WorldPride Amsterdam 2026, Dutch...

September

Opera

Pagliacci / Cavalleria rusticana

5 – 23 September 2026

7 performances

Dutch National Opera & Ballet, Main Stage

Infidelity, treachery and murder are the ingredients of the most famous diptych in Italian...

Ballet

Legacies

10 – 27 September 2026

8 performances

Dutch National Opera & Ballet, Main Stage

Cherishing our legacy and continuing to enrich it with new creations: these are the...

Context

Helstone in Het Pand der Goden

17 – 18 September 2026

2 performances

Dutch National Opera & Ballet, Studio Boekman

What does it mean to create an opera on Surinamese soil, shaped by European classical...

October

Opera

Cherry Town

8 – 20 October 2026

6 performances

Dutch National Opera & Ballet, Main Stage

Housing shortages, corruption, love: the themes of Cherry Town are all too relevant today...

Opera

Lennox

10 October – 6 December 2026

15 performances

Dutch National Opera & Ballet, Studio Boekman & Tour

Lennox knows that his father is suffering from a mysterious illness, but no one tells him...

Ballet

Swan Lake

15 October – 8 November 2026, 11 – 24 April 2027

21 performances

Dutch National Opera & Ballet, Main Stage

White tutus, a sweeping love story and music that sends shivers down your spine: no...

November

Ballet

Swan Lake

15 October – 8 November 2026, 11 – 24 April 2027

21 performances

Dutch National Opera & Ballet, Main Stage

White tutus, a sweeping love story and music that sends shivers down your spine: no...

Opera

Johannes-Passion

10 – 26 November 2026

8 performances

Dutch National Opera & Ballet, Main Stage

Bach’s music is normally heard in churches or concert halls. Now there is a unique...

Ballet

Reflections

11 – 21 November 2026, 8 – 18 May 2027

10 performances

Touring programme, Various locations

Art creates space for reflection, on ourselves and on the world around us. In the touring...