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RPhO's gift to the resurrected city falls short at opening Gergiev festival

by one of our members
5 September 201029 March 2022
5 min read
ACTUAL, For members only

By Willem Jan Keizer

Rotterdam - The fifteenth edition of the Gergjev Festival officially kicked off Friday evening in the presence of Her Majesty the Queen in concert hall de Doelen with a concert by the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Valeri Gergjev. Although the festival takes place at some 20 locations in the city - not only in de Doelen but also in the Laurenskerk, the conservatory, museum Boijmans van Beuningen and numerous other unexpected locations - the festival is virtually invisible in the city.

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True theatre is like Storm and Cappuccino: irresistibly sublime, says Adelheid Roosen on #tf2010

by Wijbrand Schaap
3 September 20108 July 2016
2 min read
SPECIALS

'It is a wonderful thing, for instance, that every day, my body exhibits the same eager desire for a keigoeie kappoetzjino. That every 24 hours the desire to 'want to taste' is born in me and wants to hit me again. And I don't have to do anything for that, that desire drags me into the shower and saliva starts foaming...

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Opening #TF2010: 'Theatre should be at the forefront of discussion on society, instead of being dictated to by prevailing mores.'

by Wijbrand Schaap
2 September 201030 March 2022
3 min read
SPECIALS

On 2 September 2010, actress, writer, theatre and television producer Joan Nederlof opened the Dutch Theatre Festival with a speech that was as entertaining as it was provocative. As it was her turn to pronounce the annual 'State of the Theatre', Nederlof, born in 1962, seized the opportunity to call on her own generation to take a stand in the social debate. She did so in her own relatable way, known for her roles on TV (Deer Park) and in the theatre (Inside Out):

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Drama is much more suited to interpret history than film. @RvanH writes essay on Hannah and Martin at #TF2010

by one of our members
2 September 201029 March 2022
6 min read
For members only, SPECIALS

Hannah and Martin by Mugmetdegoudentand is not only a heartwarming performance, played by one phenomenal actress and one inimitable theatre personality, it is also a brainteaser. Trouw reviewer and theatre scholar Robbert van Heuven felt challenged to write a short essay in response to this performance.

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Teleac course on muezzin singing delivers little deeper insight #hf10

by Wijbrand Schaap
15 June 201030 March 2022
2 min read
For members only, Holland Festival, SPECIALS

Above, fun audio from the Holland Festival. We went to watch and listen at this performance. Afterwards, we talked to actor Sabri Saad el Hamus and reviewer Martin Schouten. They had their own views on this play, which was announced as follows: Cairo is the city with thirty thousand minarets. Here you can hear five times a day above the...

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'Calliope writes very essential notes'. Premiere Greek Love Songs by Calliope Tsoupaki #hf10

by one of our members
13 June 201030 March 2022
2 min read
For members only, Holland Festival, SPECIALS

Image report: Ellen Segeren A few years ago, Greek-Dutch composer Calliope Tsoupaki wrote songs with piano accompaniment for Greek singer Nena Venetsanou. Some of these Tsoupaki arranged for the four brass players of the Rotterdam Philharmonic Brass Soloists and the four singers of the Egidius Quartet, whose tenor part is filled in for this occasion by Marcel Beekman. For him, Tsoupaki also wrote...

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In veil spiral by Zaha Hadid, Bach sounds beautiful, but cellist Queyras lacks feeling #hf10 #gast review

by one of our members
7 June 201013 February 2019
3 min read
Holland Festival, SPECIALS

Sometimes we are not at a concert or performance ourselves, but there is a spectator who dedicates a beautiful or critical reflection on a performance in more than a few sentences. You may submit those pieces, and if they are deemed good enough, we will repost them on The Dodo. With our heartfelt thanks, of course. Mail your pieces to: dedodo@cultureelpersbureau.nl...

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We provide links at NRC culture blog #hf10

by one of our members
3 June 201030 March 2022
2 min read
Holland Festival, SPECIALS

Wilfred Takken muses today on the character Jacques in the Shakespeare comedy As You Like It. The actor Stephen Dillane turns it into a wonderful Bob Dylan in The Bridge Project, says NRC reviewer Takken: When Dylan was once asked if he considered himself the "voice of a generation", he replied, "I'm just a song and dance man. Everyone laughed, but...

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Queen makes up for absence from opening at Rameau's Pygmalion #hf10

by Wijbrand Schaap
2 June 201013 February 2019
2 min read
Holland Festival, SPECIALS

State visits are hard to adjust to the cultural agenda, and when the Queen then misses her opening of the Holland Festival due to a visit to Norway planned years before, it is force majeure. And not anything else, though of course in these politically confused times it remains delightful to speculate on other reasons why the Majesty was absent from Amal...

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