JOEP
HUPPERETZ

From a young age, Joep developed a love for theater in all its many forms. This resulted in years of singing lessons, acting lessons, and stage experience varying from local amateur productions to professional national musical productions. 

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In 2015 Joep moved to Amsterdam to start his Bachelor in Theatre Studies at the University of Amsterdam. From the very start of the studies, Joep felt an urge to focus within the boundaries of the curriculum on opera and musical theater for research cases. In 2019 Joep graduated with his thesis on American Verismo and Bernstein’s 'A Quiet Place’. He continued studying at the UvA with a master's in Theatre Studies, from which he graduated in March 2021. In his master's studies, he got the opportunity to fully focus on opera in his curriculum. This resulted in a thesis on Brecht & Weill’s Mahagonny opera and Brecht’s idea of ‘culinary theatre’.

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Next to his studies, Joep gained experience in theatre through several internships and jobs varying from Assistant Director to Programmer & Marketing within various companies. Next to several artistic internships at Opera Zuid, Joep became involved with Opera Zuid as their Surtitles Operator since autumn 2018. Another opportunity was offered to Joep from the University of Amsterdam, to join the talent teams of young creators, which are part of the Dutch National Opera’s ‘Opera Forward Festival’. The created short opera ‘IDIOSYNCRATIC’ for which Joep wrote the libretto and was a dramaturg got unfortunately canceled due to covid-19 restrictions.

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In September 2020 Joep started as Dramaturg & Assistant Producer at Opera Zuid. He worked with the company before as an intern director’s assistant and assistant dramaturg. After graduating with a Master of Arts in March 2021, Joep joined the company full time.

PHOTO BY
ANNA MATHIOUDAKI

Kurt Weill - Eternal Road, a liederabend

Opera Zuid, Via Zuid & Les Grand Théâtres de la ville Luxembourg

Directed by Annemiek van Elst

DRAMATURG

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Premiere 19 November 2022 (Luxemburg)

as part of 'Les Samedis aux Théâtres'

CURRICULUM VITAE

EDUCATION

- Master Theatre Studies, University of Amsterdam.

Master of Arts, graduated March 2021

Thesis: “Mahagonny ist nichts anderes als eine [kulinarische] Oper” A research into the embedment of the critique on das Kulinarische in Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill’s Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny.

- Theatre Studies, University of Amsterdam.

Bachelor of Arts, graduated July 2021

Thesis: “The American Operatic Dream” 

EXPERIENCE

- Dramaturg, Lady in the Dark: Opera Zuid & Les Théâtres de la ville Luxembourg

October 2022 - November 2022 | Director: Anna Pool, Conductor: David Stern

- Script Dramaturg, Nuuks Nuujs óp de Nuijsjtroas: Toneelgroep Excelsior

February 2022 - March 2022 | Director: Ruth Postel, Script: Fer Kousen, Jos Heijltjes, Manon Salobir & Antoine Ruiters.

- Dramaturg & Assistant Producer: Opera Zuid

September 2020 - current

- Production Dramaturg, MTOTO: Intro in Situ, Opera Zuid & Via Zuid

August 2020 - September 2020 | Nienke Nasserian Nillesen

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- Dramaturg & Librettist, IDIOSYNCRATIC: OFF, Dutch National Opera

September 2019 - March 2020

- Assistant-Dramaturg (Intern), Die Zauberflöte: Opera Zuid

October 2019 - November 2019 | Director: Jorinde Keesmaat, Dramaturg:Wout van Tongeren

- 2nd Assistant-Director (Intern), Fantasio: Opera Zuid

March 2019 - May 2019 | Director: Benjamin Prins

- Jurymember Theatre, Provincial selections Kunstbende: Kunstbende

March 2019

- 2nd Assistant-Director (Intern), A Quiet Place: Opera Zuid

March 2019 - May 2019 | Director: Orpha Phelan

- Artistic Planning, Marketing & Producer, JONG DeLaMar: DeLaMar Theater

September 2017 - June 2019

Kurt Weill - Lady in the Dark

Opera Zuid & Les Grand Théâtres de la ville Luxembourg

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Directed by Anna Pool & Conducted by David Stern

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DRAMATURG

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Première: 12 November 2022