Smooth and carefree on your way to the performance? We’ll take care of it for you.
Even after Opera Gent closes, we will still be there for you. We are temporarily relocating, but our artists, our staff and our warmth will travel with you to other locations in Ghent and the surrounding area.
In the new season, OBV, due to the renovation and restoration of Opera Ghent, will more often be found on other stages in Ghent and Bruges. We invite you to experience our productions in a new setting. We guarantee that you will encounter the same quality and care in our way of working there as well. Warmth, genuine attention, and a personal welcome remain our hallmark, even on location.
Opera Ballet Vlaanderen continues to stage opera and dance performances in the centre of Ghent. Read more about how to get to these venues.
We kick off our season in Ghent on Saturday 12 September with De opstand van de gevels-De karavaan during the Odegand weekend. In a large-scale parade, theatre maker Thomas Verstraeten has two façades literally swap neighbourhoods. With a festive procession of thousands of participants, this promises to be an unmissable event.
At Capitole Ghent, OBV presents the dance performances The Sleeping Beauty and Bartók/Beethoven/Schönberg, as well as De Draaischijf, a haunting theatrical monologue by Peter Van den Begin based on the novel by Tom Lanoye. The latter two performances will be accompanied live by our orchestra.
After Thomas Verstraeten swapped the positions of two Ghent façades in a festive parade, he has placed them on stage as the backdrop for a new production at NTGent: De Opstand van de Gevels - de opera.
Muziekcentrum De Bijloke, a familiar venue for many years, is once again the home of a series of special concert moments this season. The programme features two symphonic concerts, the concertante operas Orphée et Eurydice and Lohengrin, and the Queen Elisabeth Competition Laureates’ Concert.
The studios of the International Opera Academy on the Bijloke site provide an intimate setting for the opera professionals of tomorrow. A new series of Operalab events will focus on experimentation and talent development.
Following a successful launch, the series of aperitif concerts will continue at the MIRY Concert Hall,
A new season, a new partner: in the iconic, recently restored building of Kunstencentrum VIERNULVIER – De Vooruit – we are presenting two dance productions: A Wave and Winterreise.
During the journey, one of our dramaturges will give an inspiring introduction so that you arrive fully prepared. You will arrive well in advance and have the opportunity to enjoy a bite to eat before the performance.
