Dutch National Opera

Opera in Paradiso: Kings & Queens

Netherlands Chamber Orchestra and Dutch National Opera Studio

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Dates

19-21 June 2023

Location

Paradiso, Main stage

Running time

TBA

Tickets

€ 25

Nederlands Kamerorkest and Inna Demenkova (Opera Studio) in Paradiso during Dido and Aeneas

Kings & Queens

Following the success of the first edition of Opera in Paradiso, Dutch National Opera Studio and the Netherlands Chamber Orchestra present a new programme in which the kings and queens of baroque composers Georg Friedrich Handel and Henry Purcell enter the pop temple. Dutch National Opera Studio’s young singers will be accompanied by musicians from the Netherlands Chamber Orchestra under the baton of Hernán Schvartzman. The semi-staged evening is the result of two weeks of sessions with renowned opera director Christof Loy.

Opera in Paradiso: Dido and Aeneas (2022) | Photo: Eduardus Lee

Handel and Purcell’s compositions are part of the most prominent Baroque repertoire: music created between circa 1600 and 1750, characterized by richly ornamented melody lines, expressing complex emotions. In Kings & Queens, the crowning stars of Handel’s operatic and oratorio pieces Belshazzar, Ariodante, Rinaldo and Alcina, as well as Purcell’s The Fairy Queen, pass through in a celebration of royal music.

Performance information

Musical direction Hernán Schvartzman

Singers Dutch National Opera Studio:

Ian Castro, Inna Demenkova, Georgiy Derbas-Richter,

Maya Gour and Elenora Hu

Orchestra Netherlands Chamber Orchestra

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Ian Castro

Tenor

Inna Demenkova

Soprano

Georgiy Derbas-Richter

Bariton

Maya Gour

Mezzo-soprano

Elenora Hu

Soprano

Netherlands Chamber Orchestra

Dutch National Opera has a long-standing and proud history with the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra | the Netherlands Chamber Orchestra, which has been its main orchestra partner for the past 30 years. It is widely considered to be one of the best opera orchestras in the world.

Photo: Anna van Kooij

Netherlands Chamber Orchestra

Naturally, it also performs in concerts of its own and then its go-to venue is the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. In addition to its collaboration with chief conductor Lorenzo Viotti and music director of the Netherlands Chamber Orchestra Gordan Nikolić, the orchestra regularly works with internationally renowned guest conductors and soloists, as well as a whole new generation of excellent musicians. It has played on countless stages, using music to connect people by giving exceptional performances that inspire both connoisseurs and novices alike. The orchestra's base is in the warm and welcoming NedPhO-Dome in the ‘lndische Buurt’ in Amsterdam, ensuring it is at the heart of the community. In this way, the orchestra hopes to make classical music more approachable to a wider audience.

Season 2022/23 will see the Dutch Philharmonic Orchestra join us for our season-opener Carmen, as well as for Königskinder, Turandot and Der Rosenkavalier. The Netherlands Chamber Orchestra will provide the orchestral accompaniment for Animal Farm and Maria Stuarda.

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