Holland Festival, May 30 – June 23
The Holland Festival is one of the oldest international theater and opera festivals in Europe, and the power of its allure lies in its exemplary program offerings in the realms of music, theater, the visual arts and opera.
This year the festival will again be delighting the public with an unexpected artistic combination. South Africa's William Kentridge – painter, creator of animated films, frequent participant of both documenta and the Venice Biennale, and in the last few years, also a director of original opera productions – will be presenting his version of one of modern opera's cornerstones, Alban Berg's “Lulu”. Often called the mirror image of “Don Giovanni”, the opera is about the dangerous mystery behind a woman's power of erotic attraction.
We recommend theater fans go see “Krapp's Last Tape”, by the genius of the absurd, Samuel Beckett. Genius of the avant-garde, Robert Wilson, will be presenting and acting in his own staging of the play.
Another interesting event is sure to be “Ivanov”, as produced by the Swiss director and morphologist of the soul, Luc Bondy, and performed by Moscow's Theater of Nations, with Yevgeny Mironov in the lead role. It is a study of human helplessness during the so-called “best years” of one's life.
Fans of powerful visual theater should take in “M.U.R.S.”, by the La Fura dels Baus group from Barcelona.
The Holland Festival will also be celebrating the 90th birthday of French composer, conductor and music theoretician Pierre Boulez – through the simple act of playing his music to as wide an audience as possible. Numerous concerts featuring Boulez's music are planned, giving everyone the opportunity to experience the French avant-gardist's latest forays into new music close up and in-depth.
During the festival, the Stedeljik Museum will be showing the exhibition “This Variation”, by British-German artist Tino Sehgal. www.hollandfestival.nl
Images: Lulu. © Petrovsky and Ramone
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