Kinderkorenfestival commissions Plastic Soep by Micha Hamel

The Nationale Opera & Ballet will hold its third annual Kinderkorenfestival on January 29th. This day offers an introduction to the art of opera through workshop games, movement, and theater, and the participants also get a look behind the scenes. During the Grand Finale, the children’s choirs will come together on stage with a new work, Plastic Soep, commissioned by the education department of the Nationale Opera & Ballet. This work, which is about the plastic pollution of the oceans, was composed especially for the occasion, with lyrics by Robbert-Jan Henkes and Erik Bindervoet, and music by Micha Hamel. The direction is in the hands of Marleen van der Wolde, and the musical direction is by Michiel Rozendal. Parents and interested parties are cordially invited to join in the experience with this festive finale.
A quote from the poem can be found below:
De zon gaat op, de zon gaat onder
En wij varen door een zee van wonder
Van flessen en tasjes en speeltjes en doppen
Van ringen van six-packs en rompen van poppen
Van kratten en tubes en netten en petten
Van pennen en plakband en plastic boeketten
Wij varen in een ouwe sloep
Door een dikke plastic soep
Plastic soep, plastic soep, plastic soep
Tot aan de horizon plastic soep
Eeuwig onsterfelijk
En onbederfelijk
Alles bedekt door plastic soep
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