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29.11.2022

First names for festival 2023 announced

International cream of the crop, Rotterdam stories, a birthday party, and enraged elderly

29.11.2022

The Golden Stool

Amazingly rhythmical and dynamic AfrOpera based on African history

29.11.2022

Prisoner of the State

Contemporary take on Beethoven’s Fidelio

29.11.2022

Boze Bejaarden

8-part tragicomic operetta radio play set in a retirement home

29.11.2022

10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY

A confrontation disguised as a circular sit-down birthday ‘party’

29.11.2022

Steefs O. Show

A variegated mix of opera and cabaret returns to O.

29.11.2022

CANCELLED – Between Two Lights

Spiritual journey in large-scale music theatre piece

29.11.2022

Here & There – stadsprogramma

Brings together opera, vocal projects and communities

Down the years

O. Highlights

The O. team presents a wonderful selection of earlier highlights. What were the most memorable performances of the past years? What did you miss and when were you there?

2021

Quarantaine Eiland

2013

A Different Night

A night at the opera … With a twist

Edition #1 of this Club Night is a mix of performances, concerts, and live installations by cutting-edge young makers.

2019

Vaarwel Dijkzigt

2016

Aquasonic

The first underwater opera in the world

First appearance of a novel opera genre in a very special location: the Nolet Dutch gin distillery in Schiedam.

2020

Successful corona proof edition

A festival despite Covid

Not a ten-day festival in May 2020, but a compact edition in September. One weekend, 40 performances, 3000 visitors and 1.5 meters distance.

2019

One big party in the city

Orfeo & Majnun

Hundreds of Rotterdammers paid tribute to love: from Arabic poetry and Chinese dragon dance to opera and beatboxing.

2020

Home Sweet Home

2015

The Big Easy

Under the Brienenoord Bridge

Sold-out series of location performances by the theatre collective Tijdelijke Samenscholing (Temproary Assembly) about life and music in New Orleans.

2017

Have A Good Day!

Supermarket opera makes waves

Operomanija from Lithuania’s performance about 10 cashiers, a global hit, played to packed audiences in Rotterdam, too.

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