Archive 2004

The 2004 festival opened with director Peter Sellars’ The Children of Herakles. In this three-part piece, which consisted of a conversation with an expert, the performance itself and an audience discussion, Sellars wanted to show the human face of refugees. Choreographer Alain Platel’s closing performance Wolf touched on a global sense of anxiety as well as Mozart’s private life. Departing festival director Ivo van Hove called it a performance in which everything he stands for comes together. The weeks between saw madrigals by Gesualda, dance by Akram Khan, and the Atlas Ensemble - comprising thirty top-tier musicians from Beijing, Baku, Istanbul, Yerevan, Teheran, Berlin and Amsterdam - was the Ensemble in residence and well-represented on the programme with nine concerts.

Multidisciplinary

Opera

Opera in het Park: Don Carlo

De Nederlandse Opera

Welcome!

Welcome to the Holland Festival archive! The history of our festival dates back to 1947. Through the programs of each festival edition we aim to tell this history here. Currently our archive has been digitised from 1990 onwards, more history is to follow soon. Sadly some information is only available in Dutch but we aim to be as bilingual as possible. For additions or tips send an email to [email protected].