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A strikingly colourful Ariadne auf Naxos from Nederlandse Reisopera

6 February 2025Culture, Music

Opera thrives on partnership. Nederlandse Reisopera’s new production of Richard Strauss’ Ariadne auf Naxos, is the perfect vehicle for such a vision, not only bringing together all the art forms,…

The story behind Nederlandse Reisopera’s latest production: Korngold’s Das Wunder der Heliane

29 September 2023Music

Nederlandse Reisopera's latest production of Korngold’s Das Wunder der Heliane will be the first staged production of this opera in The Netherlands despite the work receiving its premiere nearly 100 years ago.…

Nederlandse Reisopera’s Fidelio makes opera truly accessible for all

27 April 2023Culture, Music

Would good overcome evil? Would Florestan find freedom and at what cost?

Nederlandse Reisopera's latest production of Beethoven's only opera, Fidelio was a joint production with Den Kongelige Opera, Copenhagen (2020) and Teatr Wielki, Warsaw (2021). They were joined by Phion Orkest and Consensus Vocalis…

Nederlandse Reisopera faces the music and produces a most memorable Magic Flute

23 January 2023Music

The young Austrian tenor David Kerber with his magic flute © Marco Borggreve

Sometimes in life, even the best laid plans do not work as expected. This was the case for the Nederlandse Reisopera in their latest production of Mozart’s The Magic Flute, a co-production…

Orpheé | L’Amour | Eurydice. Opera, But Not As We Know It.

27 February 2022Music

Once inside, we were enveloped in a world of virtual reality headsets. This was opera, but not as we know it. And it was very good. It was truly wonderful.