On the brink of the year of 75 Years of Freedom and at the time of the Covid-19 pandemic, the municipality of Weststellingwerf and Stichting Spanga het Verona van Weststellingwerf offer all residents of Fryslân the opportunity to see the opera film The Other. This film, Opera Spanga's fifth opera film, can be seen via a link that will be opened from the Christmas holidays. During this special time, it gives the inhabitants of all of Friesland the opportunity to look at a new cultural product on their own couch, in their own living room.

The campaign image for WAKE UP! (2020) is by Nikki Pelaez. We are proud that Nikki Pelaez wants to connect her work to our new production.
Check out her beautiful work on her website.

NRC, Theaterkrant, Leeuwarder Courant and Place de l'Opera, among others, reviewed The Other.

“The opera plays very cinematically with flashbacks, mutual deception and with dreams of Friesland as a safe place and even fragments of Frisian in the libretto. Filming opera is a laborious endeavor: the theatricality of a stage performance quickly clashes with the more intimate character of film. The Others has found a very good compromise.” (Leeuwarder Courant)

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In collaboration with the municipality of Weststellingwerf, the book Opera in het weiland was made, about 30 years of Opera Spanga. Journalist Kasper Jansen sketches a picture of developments in the past 30 years, in conversations with Corina van Eijk and a few loyal employees, such as Klara Uleman and Ali Veenhouwer. The book is illustrated with the most beautiful photos of various productions.

The book (Dutch) can be ordered by e-mail via info@operaspanga.nl. The price of the book is € 15 (excl. shipping costs).