A song divided into several languages, like energy being transmitted.
The unique 9-piece song cycle Neun Deutsche Arien of Händel, complemented by new compositions by house composer Wim Henderickx: an ode to nature!
Based on work by Scarlatti, Pärt and Andriessen this performance reflects on the theme of 'suffering' in the arts.
Director Benjamin Abel Meirhaeghe stages Monteverdi’s Madrigali guerrieri et amorosi with utopian enthusiasm.
A romantic story about love, distance and self-sacrifice.
Tom Goossens and Wouter Deltour adapt one of the most famous operas in history: Rossini's Il barbiere di Siviglia.
A video installation/concert that navigates between a baroque still-life and a contemporary ritual.
A location operaproject in trainstations based on input from the travellers.
An investigation into gender-related hierarchies in the opera industry.
Leoš Janaček wrote a song cycle in 22 scenes about a loving village boy. Annelies Van Parys writes an answer to this gripping story. Ivo Van Hove directs.
“Ich bin ein sterbendes Konversationslexikon, jedes Wort ein Klumpen Blut.”
Two young couples are trying, each in their own language, to prove how sincere their love is.
An adaptation of the third part of the Mozart's Da Ponte Trilogy by Director Tom Goossens.
Mozarts Don Juan, Così and Le Nozze in 1 day
Genres and atmospheres, operateske dada blues punk pop, a high-pitched voice, dark beats and theatricality make spring of this grandly intimate spectacle.
Three players, a classical singer and a pianist, decompose the music of Mozart's opera Don Giovanni in front of the audience and quickly alternate it with lyrics by Molières Don Juan.
New opera by Wim Henderickx based on the bizzling novel The Convert by Stefan Hertmans about the quest of a woman who has to laver between her faith and the faith of her lover.
An unseen glitzy version of Paul Van Ostaijen's classic, adapted to a corona context, for spoken word, mezzo-soprano & prepared piano.
Les Âmes Perdues dives into the treasure chest of the 65 years old Eurovision Song Contest.
Adaptation of Verdi's opera and Victor Hugo's The King's Fool. Reconstruction of a tragedy that started as a comedy.
Salome's infamous veil dance on a silver plate.
During Serenade, a greeting to the other is offered by way of association, quotation, dancing and singing.
Spoor Oost alight with the winter festival 'Vurige liefdes'.