Aylin Seezer - Nele
Pierre Mak - Lamme Goedzak
Marcel Reijans - Vischkooper
Wilke te Brummelstroete - Soetkin & Stevenijne
Nanco de Vries - Klaas & Lumey
Irene Hoogveld - Gilline & Dame van Dudzele
Agris Hartmanis - Bie & Abt
Maarten van Grootel - Death
And many many other participants
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Thijl is of serious art historical
importance
'[...] In no way can Thijl be called a conservative production.
But grand it certainly is: hundreds of musicians, singers
and crew are involved. [...] The beautiful scene is
dominated by a 144-ton sand sculpture representing
the town of Gorinchem, cleaved by the sword of king
Philip II of Spain.
[...] After his father’s execution - a scene that makes your hair stand on end - the unpolitical Thijl grows into a freedom fighter and conquers Gorinchem. At the opera’s end he dies and arises: Thijl is the symbol of Flanders, and while it may sleep sometimes, it never dies.
Van Gilse turns out to have been an action composer with a good sense of drama. The opera’s main strength are its mass scenes, cleverly produced by Wim Trompert, with much room for ambiguity and humor.'
Joep Stapel in NRC - 4 juli 2018
translations: Writech, Remco Nieuwenhuis
Photo Marco Borggreve
Photo Marco Borggreve
An impressive performance
'[...] The Utrechtsch Studenten Concert has delivered an impressive performance by resurrecting this almost forgotten opera in a professional and indeed spectacular manner. [...]
To have the many who die in this story led away by Death himself is a masterly stroke of inspiration. He returns again and again, until in the end Thijl, the personification of immortal Flanders, resists him.'
Frits van der Waa in De Volkskrant - 2 July 2018
The orchestra’s hard work pays off
'Van Gilse completed the opera Thijl in 1940, the first year of World War II, without there being any prospect of a performance. But it has become a heartwarming production that everybody should go and see [...]
Wim Trompert’s production is a clever piece of work – capable and effective, and sometimes even poetic, as in the love scenes with Thijl and his girl Nele (well sung by Aylin Sezer). The finale is beautiful too: two children building a new world even though everybody realizes how vulnerable the boy and girl’s sand castles are.'
Erik Voermans in Het Parool
Anthony Heidweiller as Thijl
Photo Marco Borggreve
Aylin Sezer as Nele,
Maarten van Grootel as Death,
photo:
Marco Borggreve
Director: Wim Trompert
Set Designer: Eric Goossens
Costume Designer: Martijn J.Kramp
Light: Rapatech, Bart van den Heuvel
Dramaturgy: Freek Duinhof
1st Assistent Director: Kenza Karin Koutchoukali
Utrechtsch Studenten Concert
Chorus: Cherubino & others
Martial Arts - Vanguard Action
Jan van Gilse: 'Thijl'
Utrechtsch Studenten Concert (2018)