Upload - teaser
film opera ft. Julia Bullock, Roderick Williams, Katja Herbers, Ashley Zukerman, Esther Mugambi
2:02 min. teaser
Video player
Film opera. Libretto David Mitchell
Clip ft Kate Miller-Heidke
2:57 min. teaser
Video trailer
Eight - teaser
virtual reality installation ft. Kate Miller-Heidke
1:22 min.
Showreel 2018
Excerpts of recent works
4:35 min.
Laat mij het zijn
Text: Dimitri Verhulst. Music: Michel van der Aa & Wende
3:53 min.
Up-close
Sol Gabetta, cello. Amsterdam Sinfonietta, Candida Thompson
31:11 min.
Violin Concerto (excerpt)
Janine Janssen, violin
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Vladimir Jurowski
2:33 min. excerpt
Blank Out - trailer
Chamber opera
Miah Persson, Roderick Williams, Nederlands Kamerkoor
3:47 min. trailer
Transit
Benjamin Kobler, piano. Joe Bendavid, actor.
12:49 min.
Blank Out - On all faces
Chamber opera
Roderick Williams, Nederlands Kamerkoor
Libretto after Ingrid Jonker
5:11 min. excerpt
Blank Out - teaser
Chamber opera
Miah Persson, Roderick Williams, Nederlands Kamerkoor
Libretto after Ingrid Jonker
1:19 min. teaser
The Book of Sand - teaser
Interactive song cycle
ft. Kate Miller-Heidke | Text J.L. Borges
1:03 min. teaser
DWDD: 1-minute opera Flight MH-370
Nora Fischer, Martijn Sanders, Dudok Quartet. Libretto by Beatrice de Graaf. Produced for TV show De Wereld Draait Door
1:17 min. | Dutch
Sunken Garden - teaser 2
Film opera. Libretto David Mitchell
Clip ft Kate Miller-Heidke
2:57 min. teaser
Sunken Garden - teaser 1
Film opera. Libretto David Mitchell
1:19 min. teaser
Up-close | trailer
Sol Gabetta, cello. Amsterdam Sinfonietta, Candida Thompson. Vakil Eelman.
3:22 min. trailer
And how are we today?
Christianne & Rick Stotijn, Joseph Breinl. Prinsengrachtconcert 2012
4:30 min.
DWDD: 1-minute opera Queen Beatrix
With Nora Fischer, Felix Rottenberg
Produced for TV show De Wereld Draait Door
1:17 min. | Dutch
The Book of Disquiet - trailer
Portuguese language version with João Reis & Ana Moura.
4:49 min. trailer
Oog
Örs Köszeghy, cello
9:59 min.
DWDD: 1-minute opera PVV
With Adriaan van Dis, Martijn Cornet
Produced for TV show De Wereld Draait Door
1:32 min. | Dutch
DWDD: 1-minute opera Miners Chili
With Tania Kross, Thom Hoffman
Produced for TV show De Wereld Draait Door
1:24 min. | Dutch
After Life - trailer 2009
New trailer of revised opera. Produced by Netherlands Opera.
2:46 min. | English
Solo for percussion
Facundo Negri, percussion
7:57 min. | Ciclo de Música Contemporánea del Teatro San Martín
After Life - trailer 2006
De Nederlandse Opera, ASKO Ensemble, cond. Otto Tausk
3:50 min. trailer
Wake
Dirk Rothbrust & Thomas Meixner, percussion
2:51 min. excerpt
Memo
Maaike Aarts, violin
Taken from VPRO Vrije Geluiden documentary
6:45 min. excerpt
One
Soprano, Barbara Hannigan
8:58 min. excerpts
Passage
Joe Bendavid, actor
2:15 min. excerpt
Video docu
Making of Sunken Garden
Documentary by Lucas van Woerkum for NTR Podium.
29:59 min. | English subtitles
DWDD: World premiere Violin Concerto
Interview in Dutch talkshow DWDD,
with Janine Jansen and Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra.
10:00 min. | Dutch
BR-Klassik | Up-close
Sol Gabetta talks with Michel van der Aa about ‘Up-close’.
Produced by the Bayerischer Rundfunk.
6:34 min. | German
After Life - Making of - 2009
Excerpts and behind the scene interviews with cast and director.
10:53 min. | English
Vrije Geluiden interview
Interview by Hans Flupsen.
VPRO Television, 2009.
31:53 min. | Dutch/English
Barbican great performers
Michel van der Aa talks about his opera After Life
8:23 min. | English
The Book of Disquiet - news item
ORF news item about the world premiere of ‘The Book of Disquiet’
2:43 min. | German
After Life - making of - 2006
Making of the film part of ‘After Life’.
Produced by Lex Reitsma for De Nederlandse Opera. 2006
4:46 min. | Dutch
ARTE Metropolis documentary
Portrait documentary by Viktor Stauder. Produced by ARTE.
8:55 min. | German
Imprint - interview
Michel van der Aa talks about ‘Imprint’ and working with the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra.
2:42 min. | English
Vrije Geluiden interview
Interview by Hans Flupsen.
VPRO Television, 2004.
44:57 min. | Dutch
Voyage musical aux Pays-Bas
Interview by Dominique Fargues.
Produced by French channel Mezzo.
4:55 min. | French/English
Audio excerpts
