Nederlandse Reisopera Archives - The Spidy Editor

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

How to overcome the hurdle of the immense forces needed to produce Das Wunder der Heliane, bigger than European opera houses

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?

This was opera which found expression using the technology of youth in a way which did not offend or intimidate

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

Problems with the scale of the planned production meant that with just a week to go, plans changed, and produced a semi-staged version

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.