With the sea as a backdrop and the beach as the stage, star soloists, top musicians and more than 100 amateur singers bring the opera Oprhée et Eurydice to Scheveningen beach. The beach opera will take place twice on June 16th (7 pm and 9:30 pm) in the LightPavilion Scheveningen.
Festival Classique presents a beach opera every year. This year it is Orphée et Eurydice by Gluck. Although the original story from Greek mythology ends tragically, Gluck's version has a happy ending: Orphée manages to bring his beloved Eurydice back from the dead. There is a beautiful message in this: love conquers all.
The direction is in the hands of Nicole Beutler of Nicole BeutlerProjects, Kalpana Raghuraman of Kalpanarts provides the choreographies and the opera is conducted by Rick Schoonbeek of the Molto Foundation.
Anne Reitsma
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Anne Reitsma
Anne Reitsma
Anne Reitsma
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Justa ter Haar
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Cast & Credits
Director – Nicole Beutler
Arrangement – Marijn van Prooijen
Choreography – Kalpana Raghuraman
Musical direction – Rick Schoonbeek
Costume - Jessica Helbach
Artistic assistance - Hillary Blake Firestone
Orphée – Santiago Burgi
Eurydice – Taylor Burgess
Amor – Myriam Arbouz
Dancers – Indu Panday and Rob Polmann
Saxophone – Jim Brinkman
Guitar – Paul van Utrecht
(Bas)trombone – Sam Nolan
Hoorn – Autris Apenis
Trompet/cornet/bugel – Luís Bernardo
Contrabass – Marijn van Prooijen
Een coproductie van Festival Classique, Nicole Beutler Projects, Kalpanarts, Stichting Molto