| Dutch National Opera - Amsterdam | 17 June 2024 |
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Prince IgorDutch National OperaNo. of reviews: 6 | |
Indrukwekkende maar bezoedelde Prins Igor |
 11 Feb 17 / Opera Gazet (Dutch) |
Pubblico entusiasta per uno spettacolo che merita un viaggio |
| 10 Feb 17 / Operaclick (Italian) |
Finding release among the poppy fields: Dmitri Tcherniakov's powerful Prince Igor reaches Amsterdam |
| 9 Feb 17 / Bachtrack |
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Zeldzame Igor verovert in één klap de wereld |
| 9 Feb 17 / Place de l'Opera |
Die Entführung aus dem SerailDutch National OperaNo. of reviews: 4 | |
Jérémie Rhorer dirige con gusto |
| 20 Jan 17 / Operaclick (Italian) |
The Abduction from the Seraglio a soprano vehicle at Dutch National Opera |
| 17 Jan 17 / Bachtrack |
Wer ein Liebchen hat gefunden |
| 16 Jan 17 / Opera Gazet (Dutch) |
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Simons’ Serail: doeltreffend theatraal |
| 16 Jan 17 / Place de l'Opera |
ParsifalDutch National OperaNo. of reviews: 11 | |
Un Grial en Navidad |
| 19 Jan 17 / Mundo Clásico (Spanish) |
Pierre Audi's direction and Anish Kapoor's sets are firmly in the conceptual mode |
| 22 Dec 16 / Opera Journal |
Günther Groissböck è un Gurnemanz di grandissimo spessore |
| 15 Dec 16 / Operaclick (Italian) |
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Petra Lang schoffeert publik |
| 12 Dec 16 / Opera Gazet (Dutch) |
Petra Lang offends the public |
| 12 Dec 16 / Opera Gazet (English) |
Magnificent, sublime and extremely moving, this is a Parsifal that demands to be heard and seen |
| 11 Dec 16 / Music OMH |
Audi’s Parsifal bij weerzien nog mooier |
| 10 Dec 16 / Place de l'Opera |
Albrecht laat Wagner bloedrood smeulen |
| 10 Dec 16 / nrc.nl |
Betoverende Parsifal: Je moet het horen om het te geloven |
| 10 Dec 16 / Parool |
Parsifal komt pas tot leven als het orkest losbarst |
| 10 Dec 16 / de Volkskrant |
Audi's spectacular Parsifal at Dutch National Opera |
| 10 Dec 16 / Bachtrack |
JephthaDutch National OperaNo. of reviews: 8 | |
Il coro bravissimo! |
| 3 Dec 16 / Opera secondo me |
Ivor Bolton alla testa di quello splendido complesso che é il Concerto Köln, dirige in modo eccellente |
| 21 Nov 16 / Operaclick (Italian) |
Grimmige en waarachtige Jephtha |
| 15 Nov 16 / nrc.nl |
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Schilderachtig Jephta kent fantastische zang |
| 15 Nov 16 / de Volkskrant |
DNO’s Jephtha: een begenadigd schouwspel |
| 15 Nov 16 / Place de l'Opera |
Jephtha, Nobelprijs voor ontroerende schoonheid |
| 15 Nov 16 / Opera Gazet (Dutch) |
Es muss sein ou Muss es sein? |
| 14 Nov 16 / Forum Opéra |
Starkly powerful Jephtha at Dutch National Opera |
| 12 Nov 16 / Bachtrack |
Manon LescautDutch National OperaNo. of reviews: 7 | |
De National Opera ne s’est pas trompé de casting! |
| 31 Oct 16 / Anaclase |
Schickt die Frau in die Wüste! |
| 22 Oct 16 / Neue Zürcher Zeitung |
Dopo il disastroso Macbeth Andrea Breth torna all’Opera Nazionale Olandese firmando un nuovo allestimento di Manon Lescaut |
| 19 Oct 16 / Operaclick (Italian) |
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Westbroek saves bloodless Manon Lescaut |
| 14 Oct 16 / Opera Gazet (English) |
Andrea Breth's Manon Lescaut abandoned in a chilly Louisiana desert at Dutch National Opera |
| 14 Oct 16 / Bachtrack |
Bloodless Manon Lescaut at DNO |
| 13 Oct 16 / Opera Today |
Westbroek redt bloedeloze Manon Lescaut |
| 13 Oct 16 / Opera Gazet (Dutch) |
Le nozze di FigaroDutch National OperaNo. of reviews: 5 | |
Des Noces théâtrales |
| 18 Sep 16 / ConcertoNet (French) |
Les phallocrates, à la lanterne! |
| 9 Sep 16 / Forum Opéra |
Een klassieker in wording |
| 9 Sep 16 / Opera Gazet (Dutch) |
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Choice cast in bonbon-box Marriage of Figaro at Dutch National Opera |
| 8 Sep 16 / Bachtrack |
Puntgave Figaro opent seizoen DNO |
| 8 Sep 16 / Place de l'Opera |
The Queen of SpadesDutch National OperaNo. of reviews: 15 | |
Last but not least, the singing is outstanding |
| 8 Sep 16 / Opera Journal |
Grande successo per uno spettacolo sicuramente da ricordare |
| 29 Jun 16 / Operaclick (Italian) |
Une Dame de pique d'une puissance musicale et scénique hors du commun |
| 28 Jun 16 / Avant-Scène Opéra |
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Jansons roi de cœur |
| 26 Jun 16 / Altamusica |
Un plateau exceptionnel |
| 22 Jun 16 / Le blog du Wanderer |
Ein Spaziergang durch Gärten des Unbewussten |
| 20 Jun 16 / Der Standard |
Herheims Erzählungen oder Das Spukschloss an der Newa |
| 19 Jun 16 / Online Musik Magazin |
Auf einen Drink mit Tschaikowsky |
| 16 Jun 16 / Neue Zürcher Zeitung |
Piotr Ilyitch, le prince travesti |
| 15 Jun 16 / Forum Opéra |
Herheims Pique Dame: prachtig schouwspel |
| 14 Jun 16 / Place de l'Opera |
Being Pjotr Iljitsj Tsjaikovski |
| 14 Jun 16 / 8weekly |
Was Peter Tschaikowsky nie ausleben durfte |
| 13 Jun 16 / Die Welt |
Die Krönung der "Pique Dame" |
| 13 Jun 16 / Die Presse |
Briljante Pique Dame met een vlekje |
| 12 Jun 16 / Opera Gazet (Dutch) |
Caged bird: Tchaikovsky stars in Herheim's remarkable Pique Dame at Dutch National Opera |
| 11 Jun 16 / Bachtrack |
Theatre of the WorldDutch National OperaNo. of reviews: 4 | |
Un acte sacramental del segle XXI |
| 25 Jun 16 / El cronista errant |
Ein Loch in den Himmel fragen |
| 19 Jun 16 / Online Musik Magazin |
Ein Großkopf des 17. Jahrhunderts |
| 18 Jun 16 / Deutschland Radio |
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Pulsating new Andriessen with prosaic libretto at the Holland Festival |
| 14 Jun 16 / Bachtrack |
Don GiovanniDutch National OperaNo. of reviews: 3 | |
Arriva all’Opera Nazionale Olandese il Don Giovanni firmato da Claus Guth |
| 23 May 16 / Operaclick (Italian) |
Claus Guth's Don Giovanni in Amsterdam |
| 11 May 16 / Opera Gazet (Dutch) |
Total theatre: Don Giovanni at Dutch National Opera |
| 10 May 16 / Bachtrack |
Roméo et JulietteDutch National OperaNo. of reviews: 2 | |
Berlioz dansend het graf in |
| 9 May 16 / Opera Gazet (Dutch) |
Dutch National Opera and Ballet seal merger with leaden Berlioz |
| 19 Apr 16 / Opera Today |
KhovanshchinaDutch National OperaNo. of reviews: 11 | |
Operakoor DNO van exceptionele klasse in "Chovanschchina" |
| 17 Apr 16 / Opera Gazet (Dutch) |
Among a consistently strong line-up, Anita Rachvelishvili was most impressive as Marfa |
| 31 Mar 16 / Opera Journal |
Loy signe ici un travail rigoureux mais simple, sans diversion, sans détails, presque essentiel |
| 23 Mar 16 / Le blog du Wanderer |
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Nicht überall, wo Russland ist, ist Putin |
| 21 Mar 16 / Die Welt |
Christof Loy met Chovansjtsjina in Amsterdam |
| 17 Mar 16 / Leidmotief |
Gripping and glorious |
| 6 Mar 16 / Financial Times |
La vengeance de Marfa |
| 3 Mar 16 / Altamusica |
Angstbilder vom Niedergang der Macht |
| 2 Mar 16 / Opernnetz |
Loy pakt uit met fraaie Chovansjtsjina |
| 1 Mar 16 / Place de l'Opera |
Khovanshchina at Dutch National Opera convinces musically, less so theatrically |
| 1 Mar 16 / Opera Today |
Loy's minimalist staging clarifies Khovanshchina in Amsterdam |
| 1 Mar 16 / Bachtrack |
AriodanteDutch National OperaNo. of reviews: 4 | |
Incidenteel boeiende "Ariodante" met zwakke punten |
| 17 Apr 16 / Opera Gazet (Dutch) |
Ariodante koninklijk onttroond door Jones |
| 21 Jan 16 / Place de l'Opera |
‘Ariodante’: seks en intrige in bedompt Schots dorpje |
| 21 Jan 16 / nrc.nl |
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Amsterdam Ariodante convinces as village psychodrama |
| 20 Jan 16 / Bachtrack |
Hansel und GretelDutch National OperaNo. of reviews: 4 | |
"Hansel und Gretel" (Een vuilnisbelt-opera) |
| 17 Apr 16 / Opera Gazet (Dutch) |
Dutch National Opera's Hänsel und Gretel from the favela both delights and disturbs |
| 9 Dec 15 / Bachtrack |
A heap of utterly brilliant rubbish |
| 7 Dec 15 / Opera Today |
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Briljante vuilnisbelt |
| 6 Dec 15 / Place de l'Opera |
Only the sound remainsDutch National OperaNo. of reviews: 6 | |
Noh plays inspire new magic from Saariaho, Sellars |
| 13 Apr 16 / Classical Voice North America |
L’atout de la brièveté |
| 31 Mar 16 / ConcertoNet (French) |
Il suono che resta di Kaija Saariaho |
| 30 Mar 16 / Il Giornale della Musica (Ita) |
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Almost perversely unengaging |
| 24 Mar 16 / The Guardian |
Kaija Saariaho's music is the vital element that establishes the connection to the spiritual side |
| 24 Mar 16 / Opera Journal |
Saariaho's fascinating phantasmagoria |
| 19 Mar 16 / Bachtrack |
Dialogues des CarmelitesDutch National OperaNo. of reviews: 6 | |
Alla fine pubblico in delirio per una serata da tutto esaurito |
| 16 Nov 15 / Operaclick (Italian) |
Essentiel |
| 14 Nov 15 / Concertclassic.com |
Robert Carsen’s shattering Dialogues des carmélites returns to Amsterdam for a last time |
| 11 Nov 15 / Bachtrack |
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Overrompeld door Carsens Carmélites |
| 10 Nov 15 / Place de l'Opera |
Mooier dan Dialogues zal het niet worden bij De Nationale Opera |
| 10 Nov 15 / Parool |
If not timeless, Robert Carsen’s production of Francis Poulenc’s Dialogues des Carmélites is highly age-resistant |
| 10 Nov 15 / Opera Today |
Il TrovatoreDutch National OperaNo. of reviews: 3 | |
Àlex Ollé's dark Great War Trovatore at Dutch National Opera |
| 13 Oct 15 / Bachtrack |
Àlex Ollé’s conception of Il Trovatore for Dutch National Opera hits the bull’s eye |
| 10 Oct 15 / Opera Today |
Ollé stopt Il trovatore in loopgraven |
| 10 Oct 15 / Place de l'Opera |
Der RosenkavalierDutch National OperaNo. of reviews: 3 | |
L’Opera Nazionale Olandese festeggia il proprio cinquantesimo anniversario con una nuova produzione del Rosenkavalier |
| 30 Sep 15 / Operaclick (Italian) |
Nostalgia of our time in Dutch National Opera’s splendid Der Rosenkavalier |
| 8 Sep 15 / Bachtrack |
Strauss’ grootste succes |
| 7 Sep 15 / Place de l'Opera |
LuluDutch National OperaNo. of reviews: 11 | |
Dmitri Txerniakov i William Kentridge ofereixen dues visions contrastades de ‘Lulu’ d’Alban Berg |
| 3 Jul 15 / Ara |
Resta da dire dello spettacolo, elegante e raffinato |
| 1 Jul 15 / Operaclick (Italian) |
Kentridge espressionista |
| 24 Jun 15 / Il Giornale della Musica (Ita) |
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Bedächtig und bildmächtig geht es in den Abgrund |
| 10 Jun 15 / Der Standard |
Die fremde Vertraute |
| 6 Jun 15 / Neue Zürcher Zeitung |
Paper Doll: William Kentridge screens an elusive Lulu at the Holland Festival |
| 5 Jun 15 / Bachtrack |
Warum müssen Frauen immer gleich unglücklich sein? |
| 5 Jun 15 / Die Welt |
Bedächtig geht es in den Abgrund |
| 5 Jun 15 / Deutschland Radio |
Opera Lulu door de ogen van Kentridge is een cartoonesk drama |
| 4 Jun 15 / Parool |
Meer Kentridge dan Berg |
| 4 Jun 15 / Place de l'Opera |
Lulu is visueel een meesterwerk, de rest is een exercitie |
| 4 Jun 15 / de Volkskrant |
Benvenuto CelliniDutch National OperaNo. of reviews: 6 | |
Amsterdam a coproduit avec l’ENO la production de Terry Gilliam |
| 17 Jun 15 / Le blog du Wanderer |
Alla fine trionfo di pubblico e di critica |
| 1 Jun 15 / Operaclick (Italian) |
Terry Gilliam dynamite Benvenuto Cellini |
| 23 May 15 / Diapason |
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Kommt ein Monty Python in die Oper … |
| 19 May 15 / Die Welt |
Benvenuto Cellini au Nationale Opera d'Amsterdam |
| 16 May 15 / Opera Online (French) |
Terry Gilliam’s spectacular Benvenuto Cellini arrives in Amsterdam |
| 13 May 15 / Bachtrack |
MacbethDe Nederlandse OperaNo. of reviews: 9 | |
Plat comme une lande |
| 21 Apr 15 / ConcertoNet (French) |
Im Farngestrüpp verheddert |
| 11 Apr 15 / Der Standard |
Zu Bett mit dem Teddy |
| 9 Apr 15 / Neue Zürcher Zeitung |
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Worthy Thane: Scott Hendricks is memorably maniacal in Dutch National Opera’s Macbeth |
| 7 Apr 15 / Bachtrack |
Im Farngestrüpp verheddert |
| 7 Apr 15 / Online Musik Magazin |
An occasionally striking production that inadvertently falls back on cliché |
| 7 Apr 15 / Financial Times |
Hexen und Regisseurin waren beim gleichen Friseur |
| 7 Apr 15 / Die Welt |
Fantasieloze Macbeth geestdriftig uitgejouwd |
| 7 Apr 15 / de Volkskrant |
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Britten
6 to 22 Oct 2024
Bnnyhunna
27 Oct to 3 Nov 2024
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15 to 21 Nov 2024
Strauss, J
5 to 29 Dec 2024
Wantenaar
21 Dec 2024 to 5 Jan 2025
Stephan
22 Jan to 2 Feb 2025
Mozart
7 to 23 Feb 2025
Venables
14 to 30 Mar 2025
Caers
15 Mar 2025 ++
El-Turk
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Strauss, R
23 Apr to 10 May 2025
Purcell
25 Apr to 6 May 2025
Muyanga
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Mussorgsky
10 to 29 Jun 2025
News & Articles
| Dutch National Opera announces its 2024-25 season |
René Barbera, Austrine Stundyte, Tomasz Konieczny and Issachah Savage lead Dutch National Opera’s 2024-25 season. |
| 2 Apr 2024 / OperaWire |
| Dutch National Opera returns to pre-pandemic attendance numbers |
The house averaged 95 percent capacity throughout 2023. The opera itself achieved 94 percent seat occupancy, an increase of over eight percent when compared to 2018. |
| 13 Jan 2024 / Opernwelt |
| "Oper! Award" an De Nationale Opera Amsterdam |
De Nationale Opera Amsterdam erhält den "Oper! Award" 2024. Damit sei sie das beste Opernhaus des Jahres 2023, teilte die Zeitschrift "Oper! Das Magazin" am Dienstag mit. |
| 22 Nov 2023 / Musik Heute |
| Lorenzo Viotti steps down from Dutch National Opera |
Lorenzo Viotti, the current chief conductor of the Dutch National Opera and the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, has announced that he will remain in his position until season 2024-25 before stepping away from the company. |
| 25 Apr 2023 / OperaWire |
| Dutch National Opera announces its 2023-24 season |
Adela Zaharia, Eric Cutler and Malin Byström lead Dutch National Opera’s 2023-24 season. |
| 22 Mar 2023 / OperaWire |
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