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News, Season Announcement

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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Opera Zuid to Present ‘Die Dreigroschenoper’

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Opera Zuid is set to present “Die Dreigroschenoper” in collaboration with Theater aan het Vrijthof Maastricht, Opera Zuid, Toneelgroep Maastricht, Philzuid, and PLT Theaters Heerlen. The Weill and Brecht work opens on Nov. 14 and 16 at the Theater aan het Vrijthof in Maastricht. Then it head to Turnhout on Nov. 20, 2025 followed by performances at Eindhoven (Nov. 22), {…}

Reviews, Stage Reviews

Dutch National Opera 2024-25 Review: Die Frau Ohne Schatten

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(Photo: Ruth Walz) Like other fairytales, Richard Strauss’ opera, “Die Frau ohne Shatten,” with its cast of human and supernatural beings, otherworldly locations and a magical plot, makes use of symbols and metaphor to carry deeper messages and thus opens itself up to a wide range of interpretations. Katie Mitchell, the director for Dutch National Opera’s recent production, certainly took {…}

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Sally Matthews, Olga Peretyatko, Simon Keenlyside, Lea Desandre, Stéphane Degout, Enea Scala, Leah Hawkins, & John Osborn Lead La Monnaie’s 2025-26 Season

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La Monnaie de Mont has announced its 2025-26 season. Opera The season opens with Verdi’s “Falstaff” starring Simon Keenlyside in the title role, Lionel Lhote, Bogdan Volkov, Sally Matthews, Benedetta Torres, and Daniela Barcellona. Alain Altinoglu and Ouri Bronchti alternate and Laurent Pelly directs the new production. Performance Dates: Sept. 21-Oct. 9, 2025 Ricard Soler Mallol and Grey Filastine showcase {…}

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Adela Zaharia Headlines Dutch National Opera’s ‘La Traviata’

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(Credit: © Marta Syrko) The Dutch National Opera is set to present Verdi’s “La Traviata” in German stage director Tatjana Gürbaca’s production. The work will star Romanian soprano Adela Zaharia in the role of Violetta Valéry. She will be joined by Ukrainian tenor Bogdan Volkov and the Armenian tenor Liparit Avetisyan alternating the role of Alfredo Germont. George Petean completes {…}

Reviews, Stage Reviews

Dutch National Opera Forward Festival 2023 Review: Ändere die Welt!

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(Photo: Bart Grietens) Amsterdam’s Opera Forward Festival is dedicated to the exploration of new operas and music theatre alongside other experimental experiences, performances and talks centered on a specific theme. In this, the festival’s seventh edition, it considered questions of revolution and freedom and was headlined by three new operas, two of which, “Animal Farm” by Alexander Raskatov and “Perle {…}

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Dutch National Opera Announces Opera Forward Festival 2023

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The Dutch National Opera has announced the Opera Forward Festival 2023, which will take place between March 3-12, 2023. It all kicks off with the world premiere of Alexander Raskatov’s “Animal Farm,” directed by Damiano Michielietto. Bassem Akiki conducts a cast starring Gennady Bezzubenkov, Misha Kiria, Michael Gniffke, James Kryshak, Germán Olvera, Karl Laquit, Artem Krutko, Helena Rasker, Maya Gour, {…}

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Opera Zuid Announces 2022-23 Season

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The Netherland’s Opera Zuid has announced its 2022-23 season. The season opens with the Dutch première of “Lady in the Dark” by Kurt Weill and Ira Gershwin. David Stern conducts the production by Anna Pool. Sylvia Poorta, Maartje Rammeloo, and Alexia Macbeth star. Performance Dates: Nov. 12-Dec. 11, 2022 Offenbach’s “Orphée aux enfers” will be conducted by Enrico Delamboye and directed by {…}

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Rosa Feola, Pene Pati, Karine Deshayes & Jakub Józef Orliński Lead Opéra de Rouen’s 2022-23 Season

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The Opéra de Rouen Haute-Normandie has announced its 2022-23 season featuring a number of productions, concerts and special guests. Here is a look. Opera The season opens with Verdi’s “Rigoletto” starring Sergio Vitale, Rosa Feola, Pene Pati, Agnès Letestu, and Paul Gay. Ben Glassberg conducts the production by Richard Brunel. Performance Dates: Sept. 22-Oct. 2022 “Mon amant de Saint-Jean” will {…}