Opera Forward Festival (OFF) will mark its tenth anniversary with performances running March 6-15, 2026 in Amsterdam. Since launching in 2016, OFF has served as a platform for contemporary opera ...

Semele has never before been staged in Amsterdam. In this opera, George Frideric Handel embraced the English tradition of narrative theatre, breaking away from Italian conventions. Drawing inspiration ...

Michel van der Aa’s “Theory of Flames” originates from a question: “How can we relate to people if we don’t believe in the same reality?” By Hugh Morris and Desiré Van Den Berg The composer had grand ...

But Rimsky-Korsakov's rainbow-coloured score, in turn glowing and surprisingly violent (for him), is surely his greatest, and can only be done on the highest level, as it is here by the Dutch National ...