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 ...

Nine-year-old Atman gets lost in his own city. He has the key to his home in his pocket but can no longer remember where he lives. He asks people in the street for help. A man has no time (“Ask me ...

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 ...

The composer had grand hopes that “The Maid of Orleans,” with its battle scenes, rousing choruses and fiery finale, would be the making of him. It didn’t work out that way. By Nina Siegal ...