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Fri 17 Oct 2025 20:15 - 22:00
The hidden page
Intercontinental Ensemble
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Ensemble Intercontinental (photo Eduardus Lee)

The hidden page

Intercontinental Ensemble
Fri 17 Oct 2025 20:15 - 22:00
Fri 17 Oct 2025
20:15 - 22:00
  • Fri 17 Oct 2025
    20:15 - 22:00
    Grote Zaal
    Tickets

Program

The hidden page (World premiere), with music by Ernst Spyckerelle, Alma Mahler-Werfel, Gustav Mahler, Alban Berg and Alexander von Zemlinsky

Credits

Intercontinental Ensemble

Ekaterina Levental Alma Mahler-Werfel(mezzo soprano)
Elisabeth Hetherington Manon Gropius (soprano)
Georgi Sztojanov Johannes Hollnsteiner (tenor)
Berend Eijkhout Gustav Mahler (baritone) 

Chamber opera about the headstrong and independent Alma Mahler

In this performance, Alma Mahler is no longer ‘the wife of’, but a headstrong, talented and progressive woman. The Intercontinental Ensemble presents the chamber opera The hidden page about her life, with music by Alma and Gustav Mahler, Berg, Zemlinsky, and new compositions by Ernst Spyckerelle. A musical story about emancipation, feminism, loss, and legacy. 

As such, the opera is not only about Alma herself, but also about topics that are relevant today. Alma deals with these themes in her own unique way, holding up a mirror to us. The lead role is performed by mezzo-soprano Ekaterina Levental, renowned for her theatrical expressiveness. Soprano Elisabeth Hetherington, winner of the Nederlandse Muziekprijs (Dutch Music Award) in 2024, steps into the role of her daughter Manon Gropius.

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Alma (photo Elisabeth Ruijgrok)
Alma (photo Elisabeth Ruijgrok)

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