THE BEAR
Interview by Trouw with Rennik-Jan Neggers on chamber opera and sustainability
[12/8/23]
THE BEAR
Interview by Het Parool with Rennik-Jan Neggers on comedy and intuition in opera
[10/8/23]
THE BEAR
Interview by NRC with Rennik-Jan Neggers and Lucie van Ree on sustainability in opera [4/8/23]
“Neggers abundantly incorporates references and associations that keeps the audience laughing continuously.”
“Neggers tackles Poulenc’s and Jacob’s surrealism with a creative approach and presents an absurdist and fanciful collage of archetypes. […] It is a joy for the eye, ear and your funny bone.”
MAGELONE & PETER
Interview by Tubantia with Rennik-Jan Neggers about the production
[8/9/20]
“It is extraordinarily impressive if you can reach such profound depths in only 45 minutes.”
“The staging of Rennik-Jan Neggers worked effectively in the circular set-design. The jokes landed well in the sold-out venue, as proven by the chuckles and laughter.“
“Neggers and his singers have succeeded splendidly in this exercise in comical singing and acting.”
MAGELONE & PETER
Interview by the Dutch National Touring Opera with Rennik-Jan Neggers and Ben Weishaupt [15/7/20]
“Neggers connects the so-called ‘low’ culture with ‘high’ culture in a self-evident but inexplicit way… We get treated to a refined miniature on the power of lasting love.”
“Neggers and his singers have combined all these elements into an infatuating, cheerful and yet relevant chamber opera.“
“Neggers has good ideas, he shortens the recitatives to a minimum, detaches arias from their narrative context and presents them as emotive monoliths, without nullifying the story. “
NON MUORE MAI
Interview by the Theaterkrant with Rennik-Jan Neggers about the cancellation due to Corona [2/4/20]