“Who needs more than four notes? A supremely humorous self reflection of the opera world – and the highlight of this years Opera Forward Festival” Oper! Magazin

An experimental exploration of Tom Johnson’s The Four Note Opera

I WANT TO MAKE RELEVANT ART. BUT WHAT ART IS RELEVANT?

For this production director Kenza Koutchoukali and designer Yannick Verweij looked for ways of using this rigid opera, which runs the gamut of clichés about opera singers, to show the damage done to the individual by certain systems — such as the ‘opera system’.

musical direction Alejandro Cantalapiedro
scenography and costume Yannick Verweij
dramaturgy Laura Roling, Wout van Tongeren
light Coen van der Hoeven
movement Maarten van Grootel, Masha Zhukova
intimacy coach Markoesa Hamer

Opera Forward Festival 2024

“Stellar cast mocks opera clichés” Theaterkrant

“Brilliantly directed by Kenza Koutchoukali in a blatantly theatrical space created by set designer Yannick Verweij with everything that defines a theater” Giornale della Musica

“THE surprise of the Opera Forward Festival. A bizarre piece, but the clever direction of Kenza Koutchoukali struck exactly the right chord” Operamagazine

“Koutchoukali’s lively and fun presentation keeps audience fully engrossed” Operawire