Music Theatre Transparant

Untold

The Chinese version of Cinderella with a new classical twist of music and movement.
Prey

A new humility - “We are food” (Val Plumwood)
Judith's gaze

Judith's gaze is all about encounters. Bluebeard and Judith begin their fatal relationship in Duke Bluebeard's Castle by Béla Bartók and Béla Balázs.
Ascension

A virtual-reality performance based on a search for balance between the head and the heart.
The mass man

Based on the book Crowds and Power by Elias Canetti, Wouter Van Looy and Wim Catrysse zoom in on mass movements and the development of power.
Notwehr

The blistering inner journey of two women who unwittingly share a prison cell.
The Barber

Tom Goossens and Wouter Deltour are adapting one of the most famous operas in history: Il barbiere di Siviglia by Rossini.
The Wild Stage

Welcome to The Wild Stage, a symbiotic collision of human energies, a kaleidoscopic sanctuary of encounters.
Songs of Nature China

The unique 9-piece song cycle Neun Deutsche Arien of Händel, complemented by new compositions by house composer Wim Henderickx: an ode to nature!

Diary of One Who Disappeared

Leoš Janaček wrote a song cycle in 22 scenes about a loving village boy. Annelies Van Parys writes an answer to this gripping story. Ivo Van Hove directs.
Spectacles

Genres and atmospheres, operateske dada blues punk pop, a high-pitched voice, dark beats and theatricality make spring of this grandly intimate spectacle.
Madrigals

Director Benjamin Abel Meirhaeghe stages Monteverdi’s Madrigali guerrieri et amorosi with utopian enthusiasm.
Mitra

The portrait of an Iranian psychoanalyst who is wrongfully interned and her battle for freedom with almost mythical proportions.
The Garden

A video installation/concert that navigates between a baroque still-life and a contemporary ritual.
Le Nozze

An adaptation of the third part of the Mozart's Da Ponte Trilogy by Director Tom Goossens.
Rigoletto

Adaptation of Verdi's opera and Victor Hugo's The King's Fool. Reconstruction of a tragedy that started as a comedy.
Songs of Nature

The unique 9-piece song cycle Neun Deutsche Arien of Händel, complemented by new compositions by house composer Wim Henderickx: an ode to nature!
Sola Soletta

An investigation into gender-related hierarchies in the opera industry.
Seven Tears

An installation with a series of lamentations and musical memories from the past that resemble the theme of suffering in the arts.

Dance of the Seven Veils

Salome's infamous veil dance on a silver plate.
Maison Maeterlinck/Theatre Immobiel

The search for a contemporary immobile theatre, based on music and Maeterlinckian texts.
The Convert

New opera by Wim Henderickx based on the bizzling novel The Convert by Stefan Hertmans about the quest of a woman who has to laver between her faith and the faith of her lover.
Missa Mater Sola

An ode to the natural primal force of the protective, healing mother archetype full of unconditional love.
Woman At Point Zero

We meet an imprisoned Egyptian woman on the night before her execution. An opera on women's rights and abuse - but most of all: abouwt a woman of extraordinary strength
Serenade

During Serenade, a greeting to the other is offered by way of association, quotation, dancing and singing.
Eurovisionary

Les Âmes Perdues dives into the treasure chest of the 65 years old Eurovision Song Contest.

Here and There

HERE AND THERE is a series of encounters between artists from different cities but with common roots.
SWARM!

Discover your own intuitive musical creativity and voice in this workshop given by Claron McFadden, Halldór Bjarki Arnarson and Sjaron Minailo.