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Trailer Oedipus Rex / Antigone [Mart van Berckel & Nanine Linning] | Dutch National Opera & Ballet

Ambitious works for chorus, vocal soloists and dancers This double bill — Stravinsky’s Oedipus Rex (1927) and Samy Moussa’s Antigone (2020) — centres on the tragic collision between the political and the personal. In this new production, stage director Mart van Berckel and director-choreographer Nanine Linning bring together the worlds of classical tragedy and of […]

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9 maart 2024

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Backstage with the children’s chorus and The Elders in The Shell Trial | Dutch National Opera

You’re never too young or too old to talk about the climate crisis! Besides roles for The CEO, The Activist and The Consumer, The Shell Trial also includes roles for The Elders and a children’s chorus. Two different generations who stand side to side on stage. The Shell Trial is performed from 16 until 21 […]

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5 maart 2024

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Taiseer Elias & Zohar Fresco – ud & percussion improvisation – Compassion

Arab ud player Taiseer Elias and Jewish percussionist Zohar Fresco improvise together in memory of all the peaceful, innocent victims. In ‘Compassion’ conductor and composer Iván Fischer has put together a very diverse programme, with compassion at its core. Recorded March 20, 2024 at The Concertgebouw in Amsterdam Video: Polycast source

Het Concertgebouw

29 maart 2024

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6. Klimaatproblemen. Rome zorgt voor vervuiling, droogte en uitgestorven dieren

De Romeinen kampten 2000 jaar geleden ook al met klimaatproblemen. De expansie van het Romeinse Rijk ging gepaard met grootschalige bomenkap, mijnbouw en vervuiling. Sporen van looduitstoot uit de Romeinse tijd zijn zelfs terug te vinden in het Groenlandse ijs. Volgens historicus Olivier Hekster waren de Romeinen zich bewust van de impact van hun activiteiten […]

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5 maart 2024

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Bach: Aus Liebe – St Matthew Passion – Anna-Lena Elbert, Iván Fischer & Budapest Festival Orchestra

‘Aus Liebe’ from ‘St Matthew Passion’ (BWV 244) by J.S. Bach. Performed by the Budapest Festival Orchestra, Gabriella Pivon, flute and soprano Anna-Lena Elbert. Conducted by Iván Fischer. In ‘Compassion’ conductor and composer Iván Fischer has put together a very diverse programme, with compassion at its core. Recorded March 20, 2024 at The Concertgebouw in […]

Het Concertgebouw

29 maart 2024

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Music director and co-creator Manoj Kamps about the opera The Shell Trial | Dutch National Opera

In 2021, a Dutch court ruled that Shell was legally responsible for its contribution to climate change. In The Shell Trial, the various voices in the climate debate are heard and it becomes increasingly clear that we will not make any progress by endlessly pointing the finger at one another. The message of this topical […]

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16 maart 2024

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