Dutch National Opera & Ballet
How Anansi freed the stories of the world
Dates
16-25 May 2025
Location
Dutch National Opera & Ballet, Main Stage
Running time
1:15
Tickets
From € 10
Colourful family performance about spider heroine Anansi
A dazzling gesamtkunstwerk’ and ‘whirling and imaginative music theatre’. That is how the new dance opera How Anansi freed the stories of the world was received at its world premiere in 2021. So this season Dutch National Ballet and Dutch National Opera are once again presenting the story of the inventive mythical spider Anansi on stage, with plenty of passion, verve and humour.
Photo: Michel Schnater
Credits
Libretto and dramaturgy Maarten van Hinte
Stage director Kenza Koutchoukali
Musical direction Lochlan Brown
Composition Neo Muyanga
Sets and costumes Dieuweke van Reij
Sound design Nina Kraszewska
Dramaturgy Maarten van Hinte, Wout van Tongeren en Naomi Teekens
Anansi Thando Mjandana
Makuba Katia Ledoux
Tigri Frederik Bergman
Snake the Serpent Martin Mkhize
Sista Leopard Carla Nahadi Babelegoto
Princess Vixen Claron McFadden
Junior Company – Dutch National Ballet
Musical accompaniment Netherlands Chamber Orchestra conducted by Lochlan Brown
Co-commission and co-production Dutch National Ballet and Dutch National Opera
Performance for schools
We offer an exclusive school matinee for primary school students. For more information see here
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“What I'm looking for is radical empathy”
Director Kenza Koutchoukali on her makership.
Netherlands Chamber Orchestra
The Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra and Netherlands Chamber Orchestra have been the main orchestral partners of Dutch National Opera since they were established in 1985. The two orchestras, with the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam as their main base, are regarded as among the best opera orchestras in the world.
Photo: Anna van Kooij