Verbena, 2017

Composition: Boris Bezemer
Libretto: Annelotte Lammertse
Director: Rosemintje Verpaalen
Scenography: Lisanne Bovée
Dramaturgy: Koen Bartijn
Conductor: Nicolò Umberto Foron
Production: Eva Banning, Jan de Ronde, Anouk Thijsseling

Verbena: Lionel von Lawrence
Vader: Jasper Leever
Crocus: Tjaša Fajdiga
Plants: Jessica de Boer, Chrisje Catlender, Ruth Elings, Manon Nijenhuis, Wakaba Otsu, Suze Terwisscha, Sara Tompkins, Lizet Vink
Recorders: Juho Myllylä
Harp: Juan Sebastián Blanco
Percussion: Agostinho Sequeira
Viola: Nikolaï Clavier
Viola da Gamba: Miron Andres
Double Bass: Lucas Faucher
Electronics: Dennis Matos

Venue: Opera Forward Festival, Montagehal, Dutch National Opera – Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Commissioned by the Dutch National Opera