Uprising – Opera Zuid

Uprising - Opera Zuid

Muziek

No Dutch Required

Uprising is about the uprising of young people for climate action, for change and their plea for a better world. The opera tells the story of a mother and daughter who are diametrically opposed, and shows how social tensions affect personal relationships. It is a deeply human story about listening, colliding and living together.

Directed by Gable Roelofsen and Romy Roelofsen, Uprising a collective experience. A choir of one hundred community singers and five professional soloists together form a mini-society on stage. Jonathan Dove's music is grand, lyrical, and direct in its emotional expressiveness. Creating powerful harmony vocals and rich orchestral sounds Uprising to an immersive opera experience, in the auditorium and on stage. 

Uprising invites conversation, touches head and heart and lets the power of the voice be heard!

  • Sung and spoken in English, with Dutch and English surtitles.
  • The performance lasts approximately 120 minutes.
  • With a free introduction in Dutch by Thomas de Bruijn at 7:15 PM.

Uprising is a co-production of Opera Zuid, De Nationale Opera and Het Geluid Maastricht, in collaboration with Philzuid, the Limburgse Koorschool, Theater aan het Vrijthof, PLT and Theater Aachen.

 

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