1.0Opera Zuidhttps://operazuid.nl/en/eyetractivehttps://operazuid.nl/en/author/eyetractive/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="3VdqJmzxEB"><a href="https://operazuid.nl/en/performance/atman-8/">Atman! (8+)</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://operazuid.nl/en/performance/atman-8/embed/#?secret=3VdqJmzxEB" width="600" height="338" title="“Atman! (8+)” — Opera Zuid" data-secret="3VdqJmzxEB" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://operazuid.nl/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js /* ]]> */ </script> https://operazuid.nl/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/LR-horizontaal-Atman-Opera-Zuid-Bjorn-Frins.jpg20481366Opera Zuid, De Nationale Opera and the Nederlandse Reisopera present *Atman!*, a musical tale that borders on the unbelievable. Nine-year-old Atman gets lost in his own city. He has the key to his home in his pocket, but can no longer remember where he lives. He asks for directions on the street. One man has no time (‘Ask me again tomorrow’). A woman takes him with her (‘Boys like you make good sailors’). But Atman wants to go home, not cross the ocean. What begins as a simple request (‘Do you know which way I need to go?’) becomes a journey full of detours and obstacles that sometimes seem insurmountable to a nine-year-old boy – or rather: are insurmountable. Composer Leonard Evers and writer Bart Moeyaert give shape to this journey through music and language. One-man orchestra  Evers previously wrote the children’s opera Goud! for Opera Zuid and De Nationale Opera.