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De Nederlandse Opera’s 2009-2010 Season

September 4-30 2009: La Juive
September 28- October 4 2009: After Life
September 29- October 6 2009: Dido and Aeneas
October 29 2009- July 11 2010: L'elisir d'amore
November 10- December 1 2009: Salome 
December 2-28 2009: La fanciulla del West
January 15- February 3 2010: Le nozze di Figaro
February 1-28 2010: Der fliegende Holländer
March 5-14 2010: Il prigioniero / Bluebeard's Castle 
March 18-21 2010: Emilie
April 4- May 2 1010: Les Troyens
May 7-30 2010: Turandot
May 12-15 2010: Altre Stelle 
June 7-29 2010: A Dog's Heart
June 20-27 2010: Don Chisciotte in Sierra Morena

Karita Mattila stars in the world premiere of Kaija Saariaho's Emilie. René Jacobs conducts Francesco Bartolomeo Conti's Don Chisciotte in Sierra Morena (1719).

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16 responses to “De Nederlandse Opera’s 2009-2010 Season”

  1. Lisa Hirsch Avatar
    Lisa Hirsch

    Now that is a season.

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  2. The Opera Tattler Avatar
    The Opera Tattler

    I’m quite jealous of my friend who lives in the Netherlands.

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  3. Not For Fun Only Avatar
    Not For Fun Only

    “A Dog’s Heart” is based on the Bulgakov novella? I’d be curious to hear an operatic dog. I always thought that someone missed a chance to make a movie version of this story with Danny DeVito.

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  4. The Opera Tattler Avatar
    The Opera Tattler

    It looks like you are right, though I’ve never read Bulgakov, and I really should.

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  5. Patrick Avatar
    Patrick

    De Nederlandse Opera seems to be releasing its more adventurous operas on DVD, so I hope those of us who don’t live there will get to see some of these.
    For Bulgakov, The Master and Margarita is the obvious place to start. If you enjoy that you’ll like the others.

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  6. Gavin Plumley Avatar
    Gavin Plumley

    Fantastic Season… especially the idea of Lehnhoff with FANCIULLA. Amsterdam win because of the combination of rep, artist and creative.

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  7. Immanuel Gilen Avatar
    Immanuel Gilen

    Too bad we live almost 10,000 miles away…oh wait, never mind 🙂

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  8. The Opera Tattler Avatar
    The Opera Tattler

    As it happens, I have the translation from Diana Burgin and Katherine Tiernan O’Connor of The Master and the Margarita, but I am quite curious about the Pevear/Volokhonsky version too. Do you have a recommendation, as far as this goes?

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  9. Not For Fun Only Avatar
    Not For Fun Only

    I like the idea of a Master & Margarita opera even better. Besides the titular characters, we get a giant cat, the devil, Pontius Pilate & Jesus!

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  10. The Opera Tattler Avatar
    The Opera Tattler

    It’s far more exciting than what is going on at SF. The grass is always greener, I suppose.

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  11. The Opera Tattler Avatar
    The Opera Tattler

    O rub it in, indeed.

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  12. The Opera Tattler Avatar
    The Opera Tattler

    I’m surprised there isn’t already an opera version.

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  13. Patrick Avatar
    Patrick

    There actually already is an opera based on The Master and Margarita, and possibly more than one. It took me a while to find the composer because the title was put in German as Der Meister und Margarita, but York Holler composed it. I haven’t heard it so I have no opinion. But while searching for it I came across another opera based on the book, by someone named I think Slonimsky. There were also reports that Andrew Lloyd Weber wanted to turn it into an opera or musical, a plan which I kind of hope has fallen through.
    I’m not very knowledgeable about translation from the Russian but everyone I’ve read who is an expert recommends the Pevear/Volokhonsky versions — but that doesn’t mean the one you have isn’t also perfectly acceptable.

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  14. The Opera Tattler Avatar
    The Opera Tattler

    I’ve read the Pevear/Volokhonsky translations of various Tolstoy and Dostoevsky, and have really loved them, though I’m no expert either.

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  15. bean Avatar
    bean

    You are so helpful with these seasonal listings! I doubt that I could tell my ass from my car keys without them. I just love your blog, your intelligent wit shines through!

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  16. The Opera Tattler Avatar
    The Opera Tattler

    Given that you don’t have a car, I somehow doubt your sincerity.

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