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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,…

In conversation with Kerem Hasan: ‘The only way is up’

6 May 2024Music

Stylishly dressed in a cashmere jumper and scarf, perfect for the unseasonably cold, Dutch April weather, the petite British conductor, Kerem Hasan talked to Clare Varney about all things musical and his love of flying

Francis van Broekhuizen and Elenora Hu bring a splash of glamour to Phion’s Callas celebration

24 November 2023Music

This current project from Phion brings Callas’s life story to audiences across the Netherlands in a multi-media extravaganza

Kahchun Wong and Mees Vos have the audience on the edge of their seats

26 September 2023Music

Tonight's programme of Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 6 and the Strauss Horn Concerto No. 2 with Mees Vos, was a clever choice

Oliemans and Phion bring Bannink’s music home to Enschede

20 June 2023Culture, Music

Oliemans, Bert van den Brink, Maartje van de Wetering

Oliemans is an intriguing and most talented musician and his passion for Bannink’s music with his friend Van den Brink is infectious

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

Phion, Consenus Vocalis, Bach Twente and Rheinhard Goebel ensure an outstanding choral tradition lives on in East Netherlands

3 April 2023Music

Bach’s St Matthew Passion under the baton of Reinhard Goebel, was a glorious celebration of the outstanding choral tradition

Baigent and Sezer bring the Orient to the Netherlands

2 February 2023Music

We were treated to excerpts from Debussy’s Three Nocturnes performed by the amazingly talented Turkish/Dutch lyric soprano Aylin Sezer

The Phion Orchestra with Annelien van Wauwe gave a sparkling performance

17 February 2022Music

The Finnish music of Kaija Saariaho found dazzling exponents in the hands of two Belgian artists: Annelien Van Wauve and Martijn Dendievel