Buurt Opera Malpertuis

Participate

What is it?
With Buurt Opera Malpertuis (BOM), we’re creating a performance full of music and theatre, where personal stories take centre stage. Will you be the star of the newest opera production by, for, and with the people of Maastricht?

Participants in BOM get to explore opera and music theatre, expressing their creativity alongside director Tamara Jongerden, vocal coach & co-director Ginette Puylaert, musical director Tim Sabel, and children’s répétiteur Tim Stoter.

BOM Kids offers theatre workshops for children: they sing, make music, act, and craft costumes and sets. They’ll also get the chance to join the final performance – together with the adults from BOM and musicians from the conservatoire!

Who is it for?
Everyone is welcome at BOM: young or old, with or without stage experience!

When does it happen?
Workshops and rehearsals take place on Thursdays. Adults rehearse from 10:45 to 13:00, and children from 16:00 to 17:30. Performances will take place on 21, 22 and 25 January 2026.

Where is it?
At Opera Zuid’s Studio Malpertuis, Malpertuisplein 60 in Maastricht.

Are you interested and want more information?
Send an email to buurtopera@operazuid.nl and we will contact you. For information about Buurt Opera Malpertuis 2025-26, visit this page.

Info

Community-opera Each year, Opera Zuid collaborates with local residents to create a community opera inspired by the lives and stories of the people of Maastricht, with the Malpertuis neighbourhood as its home base. These personal stories are woven into a music-theatre production by a director, vocal coach, musical leader, and children’s répétiteur – resulting in the Buurt Opera Malpertuis (BOM).

Participation
BOM gives rise to many meaningful encounters: between neighbours, between Opera Zuid and its local community, and between residents, professional opera singers, and young musicians from Conservatorium Maastricht. As director Tamara Jongerden puts it, BOM is ‘a participatory, social, and artistic music-theatre project, created for, by, with, and about the residents of the neighbourhood itself.’

Partners
Buurt Opera Malpertuis is an initiative by Opera Zuid in collaboration with Conservatorium Maastricht, Trajekt and the Kunstketel. It is made possible with the support of Cultuurmakers Maastricht, Fonds voor Cultuurparticipatie, the Municipality of Maastricht, Elisabeth Strouven Fonds, Stichting Kanunnik Salden/Nieuwenhof, VSBfonds, Rabobank, and the Cultuurfonds Limburg.