The Dutch National Opera Academy has announced its 2023-24 season. Conrad Susa’s “Transformations,” an entertainment in two acts from the book of Anne Sexton will be conducted by Sam Weller and directed by Rennik-Jan Neggers. Performance Dates: Feb. 7-11, 2024 Rossini’s “L’occasione fa il ladro” will be conducted by Benjamin Wenzelberg and directed by Daniel van Klaveren. Performance Dates: April {…}
Paul McNamara is a man with a varied career, indeed! Born in Limerick in the west of Ireland, he originally followed a path that took him, via the Royal Irish Academy of Music and the Royal College of Music in London, into a successful singing career in which he performed quite a broad repertoire of tenor roles with a strong {…}
(Photo: DNOA, Amare, Renout Bos) The Hague’s state-of-the-art Amare Arts complex recently hosted the Dutch National Opera Academy’s imaginative triple bill performed by its final-year students of the Conservatorium van Amsterdam in partnership with the Royal Conservatoire The Hague. The main opera, Hadyn’s “L’Isola Disabitata,” was preceded by two short works: Krenek’s chamber opera “What Price Confidence?“ and “Arianna a Naxos,” {…}