George Petean & Federica Lombardi Lead Dutch National Opera’s ‘Simon Boccaegra’

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The Dutch National Opera is set to present Verdi’s “Simon Boccanegra.” The company will present the opera as part of the Holland Festival and Fabio Luisi will conduct the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Jetske Mijnssen will direct the new production. The new production by Mijnssen sets Verdi’s opera in 1881, the year the revised version premiered and when Italy was united {…}

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Olga Kulchynska & Björn Bürger Lead Dutch National Opera’s ‘Le Nozze di Figaro’

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The Dutch National Opera is set to present Mozart’s “Le Nozze di Figaro.” The production will be directed by Kirill Serebrennikov who will reimagine the opera to the present day, using a set design that sharply exposes the societal divide between rich and poor. The stage will be split horizontally: above, an elegant, minimalist home for the elite, filled with contemporary {…}

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Corinne Winters, Ryan Speedo Green, Federica Lombardi, Sara Jakubiak & Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen Lead Dutch National Opera’s 2026-27 Season

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The Dutch National Opera has announced its 2025-26 season. Leoncavallo’s “Pagliacci” and Mascagni’s “Cavalleria rusticana” will be conducted by Andrea Battistoni. Leoncavallo’s work will star Corinne Winters, Riccardo Massi, Roman Burdenko, and Hubert Zapiór while Mascagni’s will star Raehann Bryce-Davis, SeokJong Baek, Enkelejda Shkoza, Roman Burdenko, and Maria Warenberg. Performance Dates: Sept. 5 – 23, 2026 Shostakovich’s “Cherry Town” will {…}

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Dutch National Opera to Present ‘Die Passagierin’ for the First Time

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(Credit: © Hugo Thomassen) The Dutch National Opera is set to perform the Dutch premiere of Mieczysław Weinberg’s opera “Die Passagierin.” The production will open on April 17 and run through May 2, starring Jenny Carlstedt, Sibylle Maria Dordel, Nikolai Schukoff, Sylvia D’Eramo, Gyula Orendt, Madison Horman, Iida Antola, Eva Kroon, Margarita Nekrasova, Daria Brusova, Joe Chalmers, Jasurbek Khaydarov, Lucas {…}

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Dutch National Opera Announces 2026 Opera Forward Festival

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The Dutch National Opera has announced its Opera Forward Festival marking its tenth anniversary. The festival will take place between March 6 and 15, 2026. Productions The company will world premiere “Theory of Flames” by Michel van der Aa. The production will star sopranos Mary Bevan and Aphrodite Patoulidou alternating in the role of Neola, mezzo-soprano Helen Charlston as her {…}

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Malin Byström & Michael Weinius Lead Dutch National Opera’s ‘Tristan und Isolde’

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(Credit: © Hugo Thomassen) The Dutch National Opera is set to revive a production of Wagner’s “Tristan und Isolde.” The production by Pierre Audi will be conducted by Tarmo Peltokoski, who leads his first complete run of Wagner’s revolutionary work. The cast will include soprano Malin Byström, who makes her role debut as Isolde and Michael Weinius as Tristan. They {…}

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Elsa Benoit to Star in Dutch National Opera’s First ‘Semele’

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(Credit: © Hugo Thomassen) The Dutch National Opera is set to present Händel’s “Semele” for the very first time. The company will present a new production by Claus Guth, a production of the Bayerische Staatsoper Munich, in collaboration with the Metropolitan Opera. Emmanuelle Haïm will conduct her ensemble Le Concert d’Astrée and will star Elsa Benoit in the title role, {…}

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Vasilisa Berzhanskaya & Yaritza Véliz Lead Dutch National Opera’s ‘I Capuleti e i Montecchi’

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(Credit: © Hugo Thomassen) The Dutch National Opera is set to present Bellini’s rarely performed “I Capuleti e i Montecchi.” The work will be staged from Dec. 7 to 28, 2025, featuring Antonino Fogliani leading the Netherlands Philharmonic, and Chilean soprano Yaritza Véliz is making her DNO house debut in the role of Giulietta and mezzo-soprano Vasilisa Berzhanskaya as Romeo. {…}

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Elena Stikhina Lead Dutch National Opera’s Production of ‘The Maid of Orleans’

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The Dutch National Opera is set to present a new production of Tchaikovsky’s “The Maid of Orleans.” The opera, which will be performed between Nov. 12 and Dec. 2, 2025, will be directed by Dmitri Tcherniakov and will be a co-production with The Metropolitan Opera in New York. Conductor Valentin Uryupin will make his debut at Dutch National Opera, leading {…}

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George Petean & Federica Lombardi Lead Dutch National Opera’s ‘Simon Boccaegra’

Olga Kulchynska & Björn Bürger Lead Dutch National Opera’s ‘Le Nozze di Figaro’

Corinne Winters, Ryan Speedo Green, Federica Lombardi, Sara Jakubiak & Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen Lead Dutch National Opera’s 2026-27 Season

Dutch National Opera to Present ‘Die Passagierin’ for the First Time

Dutch National Opera Announces 2026 Opera Forward Festival

Malin Byström & Michael Weinius Lead Dutch National Opera’s ‘Tristan und Isolde’

Elsa Benoit to Star in Dutch National Opera’s First ‘Semele’

Vasilisa Berzhanskaya & Yaritza Véliz Lead Dutch National Opera’s ‘I Capuleti e i Montecchi’

Elena Stikhina Lead Dutch National Opera’s Production of ‘The Maid of Orleans’